{"id":32212,"date":"2014-01-03T19:27:32","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T18:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/2014\/01\/03\/ec-conference-presents-outcome-of-public-consultation-on-the-green-paper-on-plastic-waste\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T22:42:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T21:42:57","slug":"ec-conference-presents-outcome-of-public-consultation-on-the-green-paper-on-plastic-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/en\/allgemein-en\/2014\/ec-conference-presents-outcome-of-public-consultation-on-the-green-paper-on-plastic-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"EC Conference presents outcome of public consultation on the Green Paper  on plastic waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seas-at-risk.org\/news_n2.php?page=632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.seas-at-risk.org\/news_n2.php?page=632<\/a>\n\nEC Conference presents outcome of public consultation on the Green Paper \non plastic waste\n\nBrussels, 30th September 2013 --- The European Commission presented the \ninitiatives it intends to take to reduce plastic waste. These include a \nban on landfilling, strengthen recycling targets, and a proposal to be \nreleased in two weeks on limiting single-use plastic bags.\n\nSeas At Risk welcomes these policy developments, expected to be \ncompleted before the end of term of the current Commission in May next year.\n\nThe EU is keen to legislate to ensure that a radical shift towards a \ncircular economy occurs, as laid out in the road map to a resource \nefficient Europe, and the 7th Environmental Action Plan. The Commission \nis committed to finding solutions to the problem of our high plastic \nconsumption that increases as GDP increases.\n\nAs speaker Helmut Maurer said at the conference \u201cplastic consumption is \nan illness we need to cure\u201d.\n\nAt the conference, the Commission presented some of the outcome of \npublic consultation on the Green Paper on plastic waste and also devoted \nparticular attention to the problem of marine litter. The conference was \nattended by many researchers, policy makers, industry representatives \nand NGOs, including Seas At Risk.\n\nThe adverse impacts of plastic on the environment, and on our seas in \nparticular, are not a secret. As explained at the conference, 60 animal \nspecies on the IUCN red list have been recorded suffering the negative \neffects of marine litter, and 280 research papers document harmful \neffects of plastic on marine animals. Researchers also discussed the \nrole of endocrine disrupters, which are often found in plastics, in \ncausing various diseases. They showed evidence of microplastics being \ningested by filter feeding marine invertebrates such as the popular food \nspecies mussels and Scottish scampis.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.seas-at-risk.org\/news_n2.php?page=632 EC Conference presents outcome of public consultation on the Green Paper on plastic waste Brussels, 30th September 2013 &#8212; The European Commission presented the initiatives it intends to take to reduce plastic waste. These include a ban on landfilling, strengthen recycling targets, and a proposal to be released in two weeks on limiting single-use plastic bags. Seas At Risk welcomes these policy developments, expected to be completed before the end of term of the current Commission in May next year. The EU is keen to legislate to ensure that a radical shift towards a circular economy occurs, as laid out in the road map to a resource efficient Europe, and the 7th Environmental Action Plan. 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