Preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastics pollution

Related links

European Commission:

• Proposal for a regulation on preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution, COM(2023) 645
• Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2055 of 25 September 2023 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards synthetic polymer microparticles
• EU action against microplastics, October 2023
• Microplastics pollution – measures to reduce its impact on the environment, call for evidence for impact assessment, 29 November 2021
• A New Circular Economy Action Plan for a Cleaner and More Competitive Europe, COM(2020)98
• Pathway to a Healthy Planet for All. EU Action Plan: 'Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil', COM(2021) 400

European Chemicals Agency, Hot topics, Microplastics, website

Civil Society actors:

• European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers' Association, feedback
• Plastic Soup Foundation (Netherlands), feedback
• Surfrider Foundation Europe, feedback
• Fauna & Flora International (FFI), feedback
• Environmental Coalition on Standards, feedback & spotlight on plastic pellets
• Plastics Europe, Pellet loss prevention & industry's reaction to Commission's proposal
• Confederation of the European Paper Industries, feedback
• Rethink Plastic alliance (NGO coalition), feedback
• European Bioplastics, feedback