Microplastics: ENVI adopts position

On 19 March, the European Parliament’s Environment and Public Health Committee (ENVI) adopted its position on the Proposal for a Regulation aimed at preventing pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution.

ENVI members voted on the report by MEP Joāo Albuquerque with 71 votes in favour, 5 against and 1 abstention.

The text amended the Commission’s original proposal in several respects, including:

• adapting the definition of plastic pellets to include powders, cylinders, beads and flakes
• extending the scope of the regulation to include the transport of plastic pallets, regardless of the mode of transport
• introducing additional measures for maritime and inland waterway transport, and
• introducing additional labelling requirements for storage and transport containers containing plastic pellets, including a specific pictogram and information relating to their potential environmental hazard

The new Parliament will take up the dossier after the European elections and enter trilogue negotiations later this year.

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