Important step towards ending waste colonialism: EU agrees to ban the export of its plastic waste to non-OECD countries

Source: https://rethinkplasticalliance.eu/news/important-step-towards-ending-waste-colonialism-eu-agrees-to-ban-the-export-of-its-plastic-waste-to-non-oecd-countries/

Author: Rethink Plastic

Early this morning, and after several months of negotiations, the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU are understood to have reached an agreement to address the harmful practice of the EU’s plastic waste trade, in the context of the revision of the EU Waste Shipment Regulation. The Rethink Plastic alliance and Break Free From Plastic applaud the landmark decision to end plastic waste exports to non-OECD countries in two and a half years but regret that the EU institutions did not agree to stop exporting its plastic waste to all countries. The details, including whether safeguarding policies for intra-EU shipments have been adopted, are yet to be published.