BRUSSELS - Single-use plastic may be among the economic activities that can have the EU green license for sustainable investments. This is what emerges from the proposals for delegated acts on the so-called 'environmental taxonomy', which the European Commission, which ended the public consultation period yesterday at midnight, will present in the coming weeks. Incinerators, on the other hand, are excluded from the classification. Plastic production is considered sustainable if it meets one of the criteria of reuse, recycled content, or bio-based content. NGOs Zero Waste Europe, WWF, ClientEarth and others today published an in-depth analysis of the regulations, highlighting their battle "to prioritize reuse". With this EU proposal, however, notes the representative of Zero Waste, Janek Vahk, "single-use plastic can be defined as sustainable if it meets only one of the other two criteria". On the other hand, the NGOs' assessment of the rest of the text on waste is very positive. "It's very important that incinerators are not included in the taxonomy," Vahk points out, indicating that they will not have a green license.
Brussels towards the green license to disposable plastic, no incinerators
2023-05-10T18:06:16.485Z
Highlights: Plastic production is considered sustainable if it meets one of the criteria of reuse, recycled content, or bio-based content. Incinerators, on the other hand, are excluded from the classification. NGOs Zero Waste Europe, WWF, ClientEarth and others today published an in-depth analysis of the regulations, highlighting their battle "to prioritize reuse" "It's very important that incinerators are not included in the taxonomy," Vahk points out, indicating that they will not have a green license.
(ANSA)