Demand from European countries to the EU to reduce microplastics

According to news from the European press, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Luxembourg and Norway have sent a joint letter to the EU Commission that includes the adoption of new measures on microplastics.

In the letter, it was noted that voluntary actions against microplastic debris were not enough. Asking the EU Commission to prepare new measures to be implemented at the EU level to prevent and reduce microplastics in the environment, the countries demanded the establishment of a common system across Europe to monitor microplastics in the air. , water and soil to monitor and monitor compliance with the new rules.

The EU Commission will present to member states and the European Parliament next month the new measures it will determine to reduce microplastics released into the environment by 30 percent by 2030. The EU also has different initiatives to ban microplastics used in cosmetics, detergents and painting products.

Microplastics, amorphous or regularly shaped polymeric particles smaller than 5 millimeters, mostly derived from petroleum and insoluble in water, have already been detected in glaciers, deep ocean regions, and human bodies. (AA)