European Parliament Jordi Solé 🇪🇺 Ska Keller Bas Eickhout Pascal Canfin Rethink Plastic Environmental Investigation Agency Catherine Chabaud ECOS 🌳 Pew Europe Surfrider Europe Today's historic vote means a future of cleaner, healthier ecosystems across the EU 🙌 This is a long-awaited, hard-fought win for planet and ocean biodiversity 🪸🐙🌱

Check out the joint Rethink Plastic reaction:

We have a major opportunity for the world to come together and demand an end to the plastic pollution crisis. 🌏 Let’s make sure world leaders hear the call for a strong plastics treaty at the #INC4 Plastics Treaty negotiations that are happening this week!

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THE SCIENCE IS IN 🧪New scientific research finds 56 companies are responsible for more than half of all branded plastic pollution. It proves the direct correlation between consumer goods companies’ plastic production & pollution.
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#breakfreefromplastic

The second day of #INC4 negotiations for a #PlasticsTreaty has consisted of contact group and subgroup discussions. Here are #BreakFreeFromPlastic highs ✅ lows ❌as well as the key stories from today: 🧵 UN Environment Programme

🎉 Today marks a big step to reduce waste in the EU!

🚯 MEPs have united behind a packaging regulation prioritizing prevention and championing reuse systems, despite intense lobbying.

Let's embrace this momentum for more sustainable packaging solutions🌱 #PPWR #packaging #waste

😭 Bafflingly, European Parliament rejected the decision to have transparent rules on recycled content accounting.

💭 “The EP today may as well have voted blindfolded.' Lauriane Veillard

💭 This 'will trigger a cascade of misleading green claims on recycled plastics.' Mathilde Crêpy

European Parliament votes to #greenwash #RecycledContent in latest resolution on Single-Use Plastic Directive accounting method.

'It’s more than a missed opportunity–it’s a direct hit against consumers, SMEs, and local recycling businesses.'

Our reaction
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⚠️ PLASTIC IS POISONING US ☠️
Look 👀 #breakfreefromplastic members led by Ekō demand a strong #PlasticsTreaty that will reduce plastic production.
#INC4 📷 Ben Powless 🐟 🛑
Plastic tap installation by Von Won

The first day of #INC4 negotiations for a #PlasticsTreaty had plenary sessions most of the day and contact groups that stretched to the early evening. Here are #BreakFreeFromPlastic highs ✅ lows ❌as well as the key stories from today - A thread🧵

🏭 The UN Global #PlasticsTreaty negotiations resume this week - an unprecedented opportunity to tackle the root causes of #plastic #pollution on a global scale.

⌛With time running short, we urge negotiators to urgently address these priority areas 👇

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🎉🌍 Exciting news! The European Parliament has taken a stand against #plastic pellet #pollution . This is a significant victory for our ocean, but there's still more work to be done. Let's keep pushing for stronger regulations ✍️
Read our PR 👉rethinkplasticalliance.eu/news/european-… Rethink Plastic

Plastics know no border.

Every living being & every part of the planet are harmed by plastics & their production.

To #BeatPlasticPollution , we need a strong #PlasticsTreaty that upholds human rights & addresses the full life cycle of plastics.

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Great news on pellets! 🥳

Today, European Parliament overwhelmingly voted in favour of binding measures to keep 🇪🇺 plastic pellet pollution-free!

We now call on #PlasticsTreaty negotiators to seek global solutions to effectively prevent pellet loss! 🌏
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WHAT A VOTE 🤯

Today MEPs voted overwhelming (538-32) in favour of *binding* measures to keep the EU 🇪🇺 plastic pellet pollution-free!

Thank you European Parliament for listening to citizens & for this historic vote in favour of people and planet health! 🙌

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💥 Pollution from the plastics industry is a major force behind the heating of the planet.

We need a global agreement to stop the plastic crisis. 🌍

Sign the petition to support the Plastics Treaty 👇
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It's the BIG day!
Today European Parliament has the chance to stop chronic pellet pollution with binding, sweeping measures. 💪

From the south in Sicily 🇮🇹 to the North Sea 🇳🇱 the results from our #GreatGlobalNurdleHunt show why we need to #BeatPelletPollution NOW 👀

Today is #EarthDay , and this year's theme is 'The Planet vs. Plastics.' Here are 4 stats on how plastic harms wildlife, people, and ecosystems.

Our Winnie Lau explains what we can do to help turn the tide: ow.ly/YuRF50Rk4RY

Are #PlasticCredits beneficial or risky? via World Bank #PlasticsTreaty event. Let's see:
🏭Company makes plastic packaging
🌏Abroad waste is collected. 1 credit=1 tonne
🤑Company pays to ‘offset’ their plastic use
🤦‍♀️ No plastic is avoided, and much is burned, harming locals 🤢

Days before #PlasticsTreaty talks, #BreakFreeFromPlastic activists filled the streets to demand govts deliver a strong treaty!

Help amplify their voices on #EarthDay & push world leaders to champion a treaty that drastically cuts plastic production ✂️

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Nicky Davies, Plastic Solutions Fund: 'The question is whether industry and oil-producing nations will torpedo [the treaty].' The treaty 'must include significant production limits, or it risks becoming greenwashing for a climate-busting industry.' hilltimes.com/story/2024/04/… - @thehilltimes