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Rethink Plastic alliance
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The alliance of European NGOs working together for a future free from #PlasticPollution.
We are part of the global #BreakFreeFromPlastic movement 🌏
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Together w/ @rethinkplastic.bsky.social, we had a great exchange w/ @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu, w/ Aline Maigret representing ZWE, to discuss the Winter Package, the Circular Economy Act, and PPWR implementation.

Here's to continued dialogue for EU policy to deliver a truly circular economy!
January 27, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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🚰 New EU-wide protections against PFAS in drinking water are now in force!

This is a win for people, our waters and strong EU rules! 🎉

But for harmonised monitoring, we must defend the EU's Water Framework Directive - the cornerstone of water protection✊

More ⬇️

#ProtectWater #OneHealth #BanPFAS
January 14, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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We’re pleased to share this guest blog by our Turkish plastics pollution partner Umut Özşimşek, Editor of the platform Çukuravo.

Read his blog in full now at https://loom.ly/zDNWGss

#plastics #pollution # Türkiye #Turkey
January 14, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲’𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗻

😍France is taking on the most toxic practices in the textile sector, with a pioneering law addressing overproduction and holding fashion brands accountable for the soaring amounts of textile waste. BUT...🧵👇
January 16, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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Happy New Year 🥳 And happy new Rethink #Plastic newsletter!

With the start of the new year we are launching our #newsletter - the place to stay up to date on everything EU plastics policy! #EUpolicy

⬇️ Subscribe to the newsletter here ⬇️
rethinkplasticalliance.eu/newsletter/
January 7, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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🚨 EU Commission weakens another set of laws amid maladministration red flags

Once again, @ec.europa.eu is bending their own procedures to chip away at crucial EU laws that protect our health, ecosystems and long-term prosperity.

Who are they actually doing this for?
December 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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We're concerned about talks to reopen the #PPWR as part of the upcoming Environmental Simplification Package.

A @reloop.bsky.social-led joint call of 112 signatories, incl/ ZWE, urged @ec.europa.eu to maintain the stability needed to achieve a circular economy.

Full joint call 👉 zurl.co/Pbpvo
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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⚠️𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝗨 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲’𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀

Today @ec.europa.eu released its updated Bioeconomy Strategy — but it lacks the ambition needed to align Europe’s resource use with the ecological limits of our planet.

Our reaction: eeb.org/commissions-...
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Press release 📢 The EU's revised Bioeconomy Strategy hides old mistakes in new branding

Full reaction here 👇
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EU Bioeconomy Strategy hides old mistakes in new branding - ECOS
The EU Bioeconomy Strategy took some steps to introduce circularity and sustainability, but missed opportunities to do more, environmental organisation ECOS says.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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We are deeply concerned by the potential reopening of the #PPWR as part of the upcoming Omnibus.

That's why we signed a joint call to @steph-sejourne.bsky.social and @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu to protect the integrity of the PPWR!

The joint statement 👇
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! We are deeply… | Rethink Plastic Alliance
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! We are deeply concerned by the potential reopening of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation ...
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November 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Reduce, reuse, recycle - all of these core tenets must be part of the EU's Circular Economy Act!

We submitted our feedback to @ec.europa.eu's upcoming
proposal for a Circular Economy Act
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November 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Let's talk about solutions 🤩

REGISTER NOW for the 10th European #REUSE Conference to discuss how to successfully build & expand reuse systems within the framework of the #PPWR

📆 November 6th, 9:30 - 4:00
📍Rue d'Egmont 11, BXL or Zoom

Register here 👇
www.duh.de/informieren/...
October 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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🪓 “Simplification” is bad for business

It’s been a busy but important week in Brussels. EU leaders kicked the climate can down the road, the Commission unveiled its 2026 work plan, and Parliament voted on key files — including some notable wins for people and planet.
October 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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🌍 The transition to zero waste is already underway.

🚨BUT Europe's material footprint and the world's global resource extraction remain dangerously high.

💪It’s time to move beyond "sustainability-as-usual" and embrace genuine transformation NOW.

Read the full blog post below 👇
Rethinking resources: the next frontier for a zero waste future - Zero Waste Europe
An article describing how Zero Waste Europe and its network are at the forefront of zero waste solutions, which are improving economies, creating jobs and building healthier communities.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Let's talk about solutions 🤩

REGISTER NOW for the 10th European #REUSE Conference to discuss how to successfully build & expand reuse systems within the framework of the #PPWR

📆 November 6th, 9:30 - 4:00
📍Rue d'Egmont 11, BXL or Zoom

Register here 👇
www.duh.de/informieren/...
October 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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🥳 BIG WIN AGAINST PLASTIC PELLET POLLUTION 🥳

Yesterday, @europarl.europa.eu formally approved the pellets regulation!

This comes after many years of advocacy by RPA &our members @eia-news.bsky.social, @seasatrisk.bsky.social & @surfridereurope.bsky.social
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October 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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After more than a decade of advocacy, today marks a major milestone in the fight against plastic pellet pollution! 🌊 The European Parliament has officially approved the Regulation on preventing pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution. A long-awaited step towards a zero pellet loss in Europe.
October 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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🏙️ 36 cities & reuse businesses call for a fairer, prevention-first EPR reform! Current systems reward waste over reuse.

It’s time to fund prevention & circularity. ♻️
Check the campaign👉 zurl.co/WosTS

#EPRreform #BreaktheSingleUseBias
October 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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“We want a sustainable and low-impact fisheries sector, but one that’s economically viable without public support. For this we really need a #JustTransition.” Our Executive Director Monica Verbeek calls for better use of EU funds during our #EUOceanWeek event on the EU's multi-annual budget. 💶
#MFF
October 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Berlin is making reuse as easy as returning a bottle, thanks to @umwelthilfe.bsky.social and the RSVP project🔄

Grab your coffee in a reusable cup from a burger chain. Drop it at your supermarket's bottle return machine while grocery shopping. Done. ✅

Read all about it on our latest blog post 👇
Berlin's successful gamble: making reuse as easy as bottle returns
This blog post brings you the main takeaways from the ReuSe Vanguard Project (RSVP) study visit to Berlin and the city's efforts to turn reuse from a seemingly clunky process into something smooth and...
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October 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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New report by #FairFin exposes the hidden costs of Flanders’ #petrochemical sector.
In 2024, 29 Flemish petrochemical plants emitted as much CO₂ as over 500,000 Flemish citizens.
Yet they received EU carbon allowances, effectively getting paid to pollute.
October 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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🤒 EUROPE IS MISDIAGNOSED

Blood tests found PFAS in every EU leader tested, proof that pollution runs through Europe’s veins. As calls grow for a full ban on “forever chemicals,” Brussels offers the wrong cure: weaker protections disguised as “simplification.”
October 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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The UK Government’s long-overdue introduction of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for plastic packaging came into effect today (1 October).

Find out more about the EPR scheme at https://loom.ly/PRFNqRs

#plastics #pollution #oceans #climate #UK
October 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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💥Our message is loud, clear, and rolling: STOP THE OMNIBUS.

🚍 We are making our tour around the EU institutions to make sure lawmakers can’t look away.

We want clean air, safe water, and a future for all.
Follow us 👉 handsoffnature.eu/the-campaign/
#HandsOffNature
October 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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📆 Today's the day!

You still have time if you haven't registered for our ''Better than burning: stories from communities fighting incineration'' webinar.

ZW Latvija's Maija Krastina will moderate the chat on the dangers of waste incineration.

Register now at zurl.co/bJpqd

See you there soon 👍
October 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM