Plastics in products have a huge impact on human health and the environment - yet they are not prioritised in the EU's new ecodesign rules. In the final text of the EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation the plastics and polymers sector is not listed in the intermediate product priorities. With the Rethink Plastic alliance, we sent a letter to the European Commission outlining the crucial reasons why plastics should be prioritised in the first ESPR working plan.