Introduction – Packaging and Waste The introduction of the new Single-Use Plastics Directive has had a profound affect upon packaging and recycling legislative portfolios. With the new EU Commission and Parliament set to begin their policy work shortly, the revision of the recent 2018 EU Packaging Waste Directive has already begun in earnest. 2020 looks Read More…

EU Parliament is back… And the Commission is nearly back too! With all the talk this week of parliaments being prorogued, you can rest assured that at least the European Parliament shall be open during September. After the long Summer Recess this will be a busy month – both legislatively and politically. The new and Read More…

  EU Transport and Environment Policy Newsletter!    European Parliament Kicks off again! The European Parliament Committees were back in action this week to begin their policy work. With the membership and makeup of the committees all decided during the first Strasbourg session, this week gave us our first glimpse of how the new Environment Read More…

The European Parliament legislative resolution of March 27 2019 on the proposal for a directive of the EU Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment (COM(2018)0340-C8-0218/2018-2018/0172(COD)). The European Council approved the SUP Directive in May after previous trilogue negotiations ensured there was agreement on Read More…

Introduction Many initiatives have been developed in the past 10-15 years to address the efficiency of water using products at national and international levels. Many of these are now in urgent need of review and updating – in particular, the current EU labelling scheme for shower heads. Given the recent advances in eco shower tools Read More…