“This may be challenging, but it is vital,” Mr Naughten told a meeting of EU environment ministers in Brussels on Monday, when a Europe-wide move to reduce generation of plastic and to improve recycling options for such material was endorsed. It is also a response to growing evidence of marine pollution caused by plastics and the scale of plastic microbeads contamination of the environment. With this in mind, I launched a single national recycling list last year to standardise what is placed in recycling bins. MicroplasticsBulgarian Minister for Environment and Water Neno Dimov said: “We need to protect our environment from plastic pollution. Mr Naughten said a “green public procurement” policy could deliver immediate results if it was made mandatory, rather than being voluntary as at present.

Source: The Irish Times March 05, 2018 19:30 UTC