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SEI Research Associate Eleni Michalopoulou featured on a Russian television news segment to discuss the new EU law to ban single-use plastics.
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The new EU Directive on single-use plastics prohibits the use of disposable glasses, plates, bags, straws, dishes, cutlery, packaging and many other items used daily.
SEI Research Associate Eleni Michalopoulou explains:
“Why are such directives being introduced? This is a very good step forward, it transfers the problems into an officially normative context, to the highest level of regulation, and enables stakeholders to take action to solve the problem. But as in any such situation, it takes some time to adapt the changes before they are fully implemented.”
The news item highlights other measures to reduce the consumption of plastic products and waste.
Read the full article and watch the video on 5TV (in Russian).
Project / BLASTIC (Plastic Waste Pathways into the Baltic Sea) aims to reduce plastic waste and hazardous substances by mapping and monitoring litter levels.
Feature / Analysis shows that a small handful of companies and banks are behind the production of most single-use plastics. SEI's Toby Gardner contributed to the report.
Feature / Marine plastic pollution from excessive production and poor land management is one of the most critical environmental pollution issues of our time.
Media coverage / SEI Asia's Diane Archer calls for integrating informal waste workers into formal waste management systems as a key to addressing plastic pollution in Asia.
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