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Parliament seals ban on throwaway plastics by 2021

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
On Wednesday, Parliament approved a new law banning single-use plastic items such as plates, cutlery, straws and cotton buds sticks. According to the European Commission,...

President Tajani: We must act now or there will be more plastic than fish in our oceans

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
A high-level conference on the future of the oceans was held today in the European Parliament, attended by over 1200 political leaders, researchers and...

Warning: our oceans are warming fast

WORLD Theodoros Benakis -
Seawater temperature is rising faster than predicted, according to new research published in the journal Science on January 10. According to the study, sea levels...

Austria was big on tackling plastic but failed in dealing with agriculture pollution: EEB

AUSTRIA Theodoros Benakis -
An assessment of the performance of the Austrian Presidency of the EU has found that it was big on tackling plastic but less effective...

MEPs say bye-bye to single-use plastics

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
To clear up our oceans, the European Parliament on October 24 voted to ban widely-used, throw-away plastics such as straws and cotton buds. MEPs voted...
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