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Nanomaterials are used every day for countless applications, yet their impacts on our health and the environment are not easy to understand. Despite this, their use remains underregulated in the EU. What is the problem with nanomaterials in the EU? Read more in our new briefing!
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A new standard is on the cards: plastic tableware that can be washed more than five times in a dishwasher might be redefined as reusable by European standardisers. Aiming at such short rotation and without a proper reuse system in place, however, these are simply single-use plastic products, which today are banned by the Single-use Plastics Directive. Greenwashing in the making?
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This year is set to be one of the hottest on record with global average temperatures forecast to reach about 1.2°C above pre-industrial levels. The time to make bold decisions for humanity and the planet is now. What are the key areas to watch in 2023? Read on!
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Regulators are coming for single-use plastics. In the EU, PET bottles will need to include at least 25% recycled plastic by 2025. The bar will be raised to 65% and extended to all single-use plastic beverage bottles by 2040 if new draft packaging rules are passed. But how to count the amount of recycled plastic in a bottle? If rules are too loose, this could become a meaningless accounting exercise – and the first step towards greenwashing. The EU is expected to set those technical rules in the first quarter of 2023. Out of the limelight, this is a watershed moment for the end of unjustified green claims about recycled plastic. What to expect?
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Environmental experts publish science-based Taxonomy and appeal to the investor community to use these new criteria instead.
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We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Press and Communications Manager to drive our press and media outreach, and create impact through innovative communications strategies, deployed at international level.
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ECOS is looking for experts in the field of heating appliances to represent and defend environmental interests in the development of standards and related policies. Our experts provide us with technical and scientific input and represent ECOS in standardisation processes and multi-stakeholder discussions.
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