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  Preventing plastic waste in Europe
  

  Waste prevention is at the centre of EU waste legislation as it delivers the most effective results in dealing with environmental issues around waste. EU or national strategies and legislation around waste, therefore, routinely place waste prevention at the top of their objectives. Waste prevent...

  Waste prevention is at the centre of EU waste legislation as it delivers the most effective results in dealing with environmental issues around waste. EU or national strategies and legislation around waste, therefore, routinely place waste prevention at the top of their objectives. Waste prevention can be implemented in any waste stream, but it needs to be customised to reflect each stream's particularities. This report focuses on plastic wastes, as there is potential for substantial mitigation of the environmental issues raised by increased plastic consumption through the use of waste prevention instruments and mechanisms.

  • Published: 2019-06-12
  • Corporate Author(s): European Environment Agency (EU body or agency)
  • Subject: environmental impact, environmental law, plastic waste, plastics, plastics industry, waste management, waste recycling
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  Links between production, the environment and environmental policy
  

  The aim of this study was to explore the linkages between economic production, the environment and environmental policy. This aim was motivated by the desire to move the EU towards being a resource-efficient, low environmental impact economy; the second of the three priority areas in the 7th Env...

  The aim of this study was to explore the linkages between economic production, the environment and environmental policy. This aim was motivated by the desire to move the EU towards being a resource-efficient, low environmental impact economy; the second of the three priority areas in the 7th Environmental Action Programme (EAP) published in June 2016. This transition is also key to the EU’s commitment to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • Published: 2019-06-11
  • Corporate Author(s): Cambridge Econometrics ; Denkstatt ; Directorate-General for Environment (European Commission) ; IEEP
  • Personal Author(s): Gionfra, Susanna ; Seizov, Peter ; Fazekas, Dora ; Smith, Alistair ; Pollitt, Hector ; Stenning, Jon ; Schweitzer, Jean-Pierre ; Paspaldzhiev, Ivan
  • Subject: environmental impact, EU environmental policy, evaluation of resources, food industry, motor vehicle industry, plastics industry, production, report, sustainable development, waste management, water treatment
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9311 — Berry/RPC) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)

  • Published: 2019-04-04
  • Corporate Author(s): European Commission
  • Subject: economic concentration, merger control, non-woven fabric, packaging, plastics industry
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9284 — BillerudKorsnäs Venture/ALPLA Holding/ecoXpac) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)

  • Published: 2019-04-12
  • Corporate Author(s): European Commission
  • Subject: economic concentration, merger control, new technology, packaging product, plastics industry, pulp and paper industry, research body
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9284 — BillerudKorsnäs Venture/ALPLA Holding/ecoXpac) (Text with EEA relevance.)

  • Published: 2019-05-03
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Competition (European Commission) ; European Commission
  • Subject: economic concentration, merger control, new technology, packaging product, plastics industry, pulp and paper industry, research body
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9291 — Apollo Management/RPC Group) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)

  • Published: 2019-03-01
  • Corporate Author(s): European Commission
  • Subject: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, packaging, plastics industry
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9094 — Amcor/Bemis) (Text with EEA relevance.)

  • Published: 2019-02-11
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Competition (European Commission) ; European Commission
  • Subject: economic concentration, merger control, packaging product, plastics industry
• Case T-78/19: Action brought on 8 February 2019 — Lidl Stiftung v EUIPO — Plásticos Hidrosolubles (green cycles)

  • Published: 2019-02-08
  • Corporate Author(s): General Court (Court of Justice of the European Union)
  • Subject: consultancy, EU trade mark, plastics industry, registered trademark, trademark law
• Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/2005 of 17 December 2018 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) and diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) (Text with EEA relevance.)

  • Published: 2018-12-17
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (European Commission) ; European Commission
  • Subject: aircraft, chemical product, market approval, marketing standard, motor vehicle, packaging product, plastics industry, product safety, toxic substance, toy industry
• Withdrawal of notification of a concentration (Case M.9094 — Amcor/Bemis) (Text with EEA relevance.)

  • Published: 2018-12-18
  • Corporate Author(s): European Commission
  • Subject: economic concentration, merger control, packaging product, plastics industry