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Spain introduces controls on single-use plastic bags

A new law transposing the EU’s plastic bags directive and approved last Friday by the Spanish government introduces compulsory charging for almost all single-use plastic bags from 31 July this year

• Waste & Resources,
• Packaging

Governments agree to meet strict new EU recycling targets

European countries face binding recycling targets after governments adopted on Tuesday new EU directives setting binding requirements and strict rules on waste management

• Waste & Resources,
• Packaging

Greens call for BPA ban in new plastics legislation

A forthcoming EU proposal to control the marketing of disposable plastic products should be broadened to prohibit the use of the endocrine disruptor bisphenol-A, members of the Greens/EFA group said

• Waste & Resources,
• Packaging

No emission cuts in Italy’s transport sector since 1990

GHGs in Italy decreased by 17.5% between 1990 and 2016, but while most economic sectors cut their climate pollution, transport emissions rose slightly over the same period, a new report has found

• Climate,
• Transport

Commission urged to take swift action on plastic strategy

The European Commission should push forward with its ambitious plastic strategy while the issue continues to capture the public’s imagination, EP environment committee MEPs said on Wednesday

• Waste & Resources