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Now playing Next Europe News Euroviews. Could the microplastics ban be rewritten after its entry into force? Alarmingly, EU officials are bending over backwards to accommodate industry demands — with the real risk that what was once considered a sweeping ban will be gnawed away by caveats and exemptions, Hélène Duguy writes. 20/03/2024
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Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. Spanish plastic pellet spill galvanises EU efforts to limit microplastic pollution A proposal to expand the scope of microplastic pollution rules to companies transporting pellets was welcomed by several EU lawmakers, but the European Commission raises concerns over competitiveness. 12/01/2024
Now playing Next Green News Millions of plastic pellets from Spanish spill could be eaten by fish “The contamination of the oceans and ecosystems with plastics is one of the biggest problems faced by humanity,” Spain’s minister for the environment, Teresa Ribera, said. 09/01/2024
Now playing Next Green News How much plastic do you swallow when you drink bottled water? Researchers cut their bottled water use after shocking discovery of a quarter of a million tiny plastic pieces per litre. 09/01/2024
Now playing Next Green News Euroviews. Q&A: Our addiction to plastic has to end, No More Plastic founder says At this year's Lisbon Web Summit, Euroviews talked to Rosalie Mann about the reasons why we are oblivious to the dangers plastic poses to our health and our environment, and the different ways to reduce the hazards we face almost unknowingly. 27/11/2023
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Now playing Next world news Euroviews. Fast fashion is our generation's nuclear bomb When it comes to fashion, we need to stop the radioactive fallout caused by our own ingenuity before it’s too late, Shelley Rogers writes. 11/09/2023
Now playing Next Health news Microplastics could reach every organ including the brain, study finds New research of the impact of microplastics on mice suggests that these small particles could induce behavioural changes. 30/08/2023
Now playing Next Green News This remote lake in Canada could be the birthplace of a new epoch Sediment at the bottom of the lake holds evidence of humanity's indelible impact on the planet. 12/07/2023
Now playing Next Green News Contact lenses could be 'shedding' microplastics into eyes Contact lenses could be ‘shedding’ microplastics into your eyes, study shows. 21/06/2023
Now playing Next Living Life after plastic: How can we cut pollution 80% by 2040? The UNEP has revealed a 17-year roadmap for cutting pollution. 06/06/2023
Now playing Next world news Paris plastic summit paves way for global pollution treaty A week-long UN-sponsored summit in Paris has unanimously agreed to aim for a first draft of a global plastic pollution treaty by November, with hopes for a final deal before the end of 2024. 03/06/2023
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. Microplastic pollution keeps getting worse. Filtration could be a fix Every day we don’t have filtration, more and more microplastics are released into our wastewater, end up in our food chains, and find their way into our bodies, Dr Paul Servin writes. 24/04/2023
Now playing Next Green News Seabirds eating plastic are developing ‘plasticosis’. Every day, around 8 million pieces of plastic spew into the world’s oceans. Much of it ends up in the guts of seabirds. Now, they're developing a disease. 22/03/2023