ECOS welcomes the ambitious Circular Economy Package launched today by the European Commission
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The European Commission has today, 30 March 2022, set out plans to bring more sustainability to the textile industry - a sector which remains largely under-regulated. But civil society groups are alarmed that the much-anticipated text misses out key human rights aspects from its focus. With environmental and social sustainability being two sides of the same coin, it is a huge missed opportunity that a chapter of the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles seems to have been lost.
On 16 March, the European Court of Justice ruled that an EU ban on halogenated flame retardants is in conformity with the law. The phase-out was approved in 2019 under the Ecodesign Directive.
Electrical equipment provokes serious environmental impacts due to insufficient collection and recycling, short lifetimes, poor repair suitability, as well as illegal imports and exports. NGOs and representatives of waste treatment operators call on the European Commission for a fast and fundamental revision of rules on electronic waste (WEEE Directive).
ECOS – Environmental Coalition on Standards, European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Transport & Environment, and Deutsche Umwelthilfe - DUH call on EU ministers to show the same ambition as the position on the Batteries Regulation approved by the European Parliament last week.
ECOS – Environmental Coalition on Standards welcomes the EU Standardisation Strategy. It is a unique opportunity for the EU to make standards work for the environment and strive for civil society voices to be properly represented in standard-setting at all levels – international, national and European.
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