10/07/18
EU Parliament backs microplastic bans to tackle plastic pollution
The European Parliament’s environment committee today voted to strengthen the European Commission’s overall pl …
28/05/18
First steps taken to cut single-use plastics in Europe
The European Commission has taken a leap forward in tackling plastic pollution, with new laws to reduce throwa …
![rubbish_beach](https://friendsoftheearth.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/rubbish_beach-scaled-800x600.jpg)
11/04/18
Bulgarian activists demand ‘retirement plan’ for plastic bags
Za Zemiata / Friends of the Earth Bulgaria activists dressed in plastic bag costumes greeted Europe’s environm …
![Bulgaria plastic bag protest 2018](https://friendsoftheearth.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/th4_8102_-_copy-scaled-800x600.jpg)
16/01/18
European Commission takes steps to reduce plastic pollution
Today the European Commission has stepped forward to address plastic pollution with the release of its Strateg …
18/12/17
New EU waste law finalised
More than two years since the European Commission launched its revised proposals to tackle resource use and wa …
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03/07/17
Enough excuses: time for governments to break free from plastic bags
More than seven months after EU Member States were scheduled to start the process of slashing the use of plast …
![Cutting plastic bag use in Cyprus (c) FoE Cyprus](https://friendsoftheearth.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cyrpus-bags-800x600.jpg)