Every day, millions of single-use containers are used once and thrown away. But a growing number of cities & businesses across Europe are testing and implementing reuse systems for takeaway packaging.
What are the benefits of this shift?
Check the ReuSe Vanguard Project (RSVP): zurl.co/lfVmR
Retrace! collections arenโt just about removing waste from the environmentโtheyโre about turning that waste into robust scientific evidence to push policymakers and industries to take action at the highest level! Help us achieve even more victories! ๐ https://retrace.surfrider.eu/en/interactive-map/
๐ Plastics are not just an environmental issue, theyโre a public health crisis. ๐ฉธ From the moment theyโre made to the second theyโre thrown away, plastics release toxic chemicals that harm our bodies and our communities.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #WorldHealthDay
๐จ The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has finally unveiled science-based opinions on the restriction of #PFAS #foreverchemicals
โ ๏ธBoth RAC and SEAC agree: PFAS pose a risk, emissions must be minimised and multiple uses have alternatives
Check our article here > open.substack.com/pub/european...
The new documentary #ThePlasticDetox is an eye-opening journey into the hidden dangers of plastic in our homes, with an eye towards one challenge specifically: the worldwide fertility crisis. ๐ฝ๏ธ
Watch the film and join the call for a strong #PlasticsTreaty!
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
๐ Global fertility rates have dropped over 50% in the past 50 years.
Whatโs driving this decline? Research from Dr. Shanna Swan shows itโs closely linked to the chemicals in plastic. ๐จ โ ๏ธ
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #ThePlasticDetox #UnplasticYourLife
What if Europe had a โโtransition to circularityโโ fund?
The Circular Economy Act can introduce this temporary measure to help circular businesses expand. Extended Producer Responsibility schemes must finance their fair share of this transition.
EPR for waste reduction proposal: zurl.co/4o1dA
This week, we talked #CircularEconomy with Commissioner @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu.
With @rethinkplastic.bsky.social, @ecos.ngo and @zerowasteeurope.eu, we highlighted that EU policy must focus on #waste prevention, reuse, repair, and non-toxicity.
We look forward to continuing this dialogue!
Almost 2 years ago, @ec.europa.eu backed the Antwerp Declaration to revive EU industry.
The result? Environmental deregulation, called โsimplification.โ
Winners: Fossil fuel & petrochemical industries.
Losers: People & the planet.
Two years on, calls for a different path still stand: bit.ly/4kk0XB7
Together w/ @rethinkplastic.bsky.social, we had a great exchange w/ @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu, w/ Aline Maigret representing ZWE, to discuss the Winter Package, the Circular Economy Act, and PPWR implementation.
Here's to continued dialogue for EU policy to deliver a truly circular economy!
๐ฐ New EU-wide protections against PFAS in drinking water are now in force!
This is a win for people, our waters and strong EU rules! ๐
But for harmonised monitoring, we must defend the EU's Water Framework Directive - the cornerstone of water protectionโ
More โฌ๏ธ
#ProtectWater #OneHealth #BanPFAS
Weโre pleased to share this guest blog by our Turkish plastics pollution partner Umut รzลimลek, Editor of the platform รukuravo.
Read his blog in full now at https://loom.ly/zDNWGss
#plastics #pollution # Tรผrkiye #Turkey
๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒโ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
๐France is taking on the most toxic practices in the textile sector, with a pioneering law addressing overproduction and holding fashion brands accountable for the soaring amounts of textile waste. BUT...๐งต๐
@eeb.org @zerowasteeurope.eu @ecos.ngo @surfridereurope.bsky.social @seasatrisk.bsky.social @clienteartheur.bsky.social @greenpeace.eu @ciel.org @eia-news.bsky.social
๐ก Rethink Plastic is an alliance of leading European NGOs, bringing together policy & technical expertise. We work with European policymakers to design and deliver policy solutions for a future free from #plasticpollution.
โฌ๏ธ Subscribe to our #newsletterโฌ๏ธ
rethinkplasticalliance.eu/newsletter/
๐๏ธ The #newsletter will be released on a quarterly basis and will bring you up to date with all the latest developments on #plastics in EU policy. It will feature all the latest news and publications from Rethink Plastic and our member organisations.
๐Access to well-researched and digestible information on #policy & the #environment is more important than ever. We want to make sure that our reports, blog posts, and policy briefings reach all those who are interested, irrespective of changing algorithms & political affiliations of platform owners
Happy New Year ๐ฅณ And happy new Rethink #Plastic newsletter!
With the start of the new year we are launching our #newsletter - the place to stay up to date on everything EU plastics policy! #EUpolicy
โฌ๏ธ Subscribe to the newsletter here โฌ๏ธ
rethinkplasticalliance.eu/newsletter/
๐จ EU Commission weakens another set of laws amid maladministration red flags
Once again, @ec.europa.eu is bending their own procedures to chip away at crucial EU laws that protect our health, ecosystems and long-term prosperity.
Who are they actually doing this for?
We're concerned about talks to reopen the #PPWR as part of the upcoming Environmental Simplification Package.
A @reloop.bsky.social-led joint call of 112 signatories, incl/ ZWE, urged @ec.europa.eu to maintain the stability needed to achieve a circular economy.
Full joint call ๐ zurl.co/Pbpvo
โ ๏ธ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒโ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐
Today @ec.europa.eu released its updated Bioeconomy Strategy โ but it lacks the ambition needed to align Europeโs resource use with the ecological limits of our planet.
Our reaction: eeb.org/commissions-...
Press release ๐ข The EU's revised Bioeconomy Strategy hides old mistakes in new branding
Full reaction here ๐
ecostandard.org/news_events/...
@ecos.ngo @seasatrisk.bsky.social @greenpeace.eu
Led by @reloop.bsky.social the joint call was signed by a coalition of 115 trade organisations, industry and national associations, reuse businesses and leading European NGOs & environmental groups.
@eeb.org @zerowasteeurope.eu @surfridereurope.bsky.social @ciel.org @clientearth.bsky.social
Reopening the #PPWR, even for minor amendments, risks:
๐๏ธ Further worsening the EU's packaging waste crisis
โ๏ธ Creating legislative uncertainty for businesses
๐ถ Delaying crucial investments in circular solutions
๐ Undermining the #CID goal to double the EU's circular material use by 2030
We are deeply concerned by the potential reopening of the #PPWR as part of the upcoming Omnibus.
That's why we signed a joint call to @steph-sejourne.bsky.social and @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu to protect the integrity of the PPWR!
The joint statement ๐
rethinkplasticalliance.eu/news/rethink...
Reduce, reuse, recycle - all of these core tenets must be part of the EU's Circular Economy Act!
We submitted our feedback to @ec.europa.eu's upcoming
proposal for a Circular Economy Act
๐
rethinkplasticalliance.eu/wp-content/u...
Let's talk about solutions ๐คฉ
REGISTER NOW for the 10th European #REUSE Conference to discuss how to successfully build & expand reuse systems within the framework of the #PPWR
๐ November 6th, 9:30 - 4:00
๐Rue d'Egmont 11, BXL or Zoom
Register here ๐
www.duh.de/informieren/...
๐ช โSimplificationโ is bad for business
Itโs been a busy but important week in Brussels. EU leaders kicked the climate can down the road, the Commission unveiled its 2026 work plan, and Parliament voted on key files โ including some notable wins for people and planet.
๐ The transition to zero waste is already underway.
๐จBUT Europe's material footprint and the world's global resource extraction remain dangerously high.
๐ชItโs time to move beyond "sustainability-as-usual" and embrace genuine transformation NOW.
Read the full blog post below ๐
