Thu. Sep 19th, 2024
waste, pollution, garbage
Plastic waste. Photo by djedj on Pixabay
R&I
  • EU-funded research stimulates patented inventions according to a new study
BIOCIDES
  • Biocides Regulation: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-147/21
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
  • Normungsroadmap Circular Economy: Neue Handlungsoptionen für die grüne Transformation
MARINE LITTER
  • More efforts needed to address land sources of marine litter
MICROPLASTICS
  • Tackling microplastics in the environment – evidence-based policy recommendations on textile fibres, tire abrasion, and pellet loss
BIOPLASTICS
  • European Bioplastics appoints new Head of EU Affairs in Brussels
DUE DILIGENCE
  • Businesseurope: Joint Business Statement on the due diligence proposal (CS3D)
FOOD
  • EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski at the International Green Week
  • “How can modern farming protect nature and provide food for all?” – Janusz Wojciechowski at the Berlin International Green Week 2023
ECHA BRIEFS
  • New approach methodologies workshop: Towards an animal free regulatory system for industrial chemicals
EU COUNCIL REGISTER
  • ST 5497 2023 INIT COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… of XXX amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for pyridaben, pyridate, pyriproxyfen and triclopyr in or on certain products
  • ST 5497 2023 ADD 1 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… of XXX amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for pyridaben, pyridate, pyriproxyfen and triclopyr in or on certain products
  • ST 5497 2023 ADD 2 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… of XXX amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for pyridaben, pyridate, pyriproxyfen and triclopyr in or on certain products
  • CM 1196 2023 INIT Working Party on the Environment
EEA BRIEF
  • Total mismanaged PPSI in coastal NUTS3 in 2012 and 2018, by regional sea; Sum of the mid Median estimates (items/years) in larger and smaller european catchments within marine regions; and Median of items by litter group, by regional sea
  • Total amounts of generated PPSI (plastic packaging and small non-packaging plastic items) waste (million tonnes) that is managed (light orange) and mismanaged (dark orange) in overall EEA-32 countries and United Kingdom, in 2012 and 2018
  • Europe currently demands around 20 million tonnes of plastic for packaging
  • Summary of preliminary classification and identification of ‘non-problem areas’ and ‘potential problem areas’ with respect to marine litter in Europe’s Seas for all areas and for four regions
  • Spatial distribution of Floating Macrolitter Loading from Europe into the ocean
  • Total waste and plastic packaging waste generation versus GDP in EU-27
  • Peak and 2100 concentrations of total greenhouse gases in the atmosphere consistent with a 67% probability of keeping the average global temperature increase below 1.5°C (left) and 2°C (right)
EFSA BRIEFS
  • Commodity risk assessment of Prunus persica and P. dulcis plants from Türkiye
  • Microbiological safety of aged meat

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