EU Finalizes Rules on Plastic Pellet Pollution at Sea

The scientific mission Tara Microplastics has revealed a high pollution of European rivers. In the mouth of the Rhine, 6,000 plastic particles discharge every second. But this is only the visible part of the pollution.

According to 2024 data, between 10 and 40 million tons of microplastics enter the environment every year, and this amount could double by 2040. Microplastics are widespread in the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe. They have been found in many tissues and organs of the human body. According to environmental psychologist Sabine Pahl, microplastic pollution is inseparable from macroplastic pollution, and if we do not figure o…

VIEWS - Companies handling these microbeads will have to develop and implement a risk management plan.

The Generalitat de Cataluña investigates 13 companies in the petrochemical complex of Tarragona, the largest in southern Europe, due to the pollution of beaches linked to its activity. A problem that the environmental NGO Good Karma has denounced and investigated since 2018. 2018 was a turning point for the beaches of Tarragona, where the presence of plastic remains is common. La Pineda beach, in the municipality of Vilaseca, was the most affect…

EU Finalizes Rules on Plastic Pellet Pollution at Sea

On Wednesday, the European Union finalized a new regulation aimed at reducing microplastic pollution caused by plastic pellets. Representatives from...

The European Commission, MEPs and Member States reached a compromise on the night of Tuesday, 8 April, to Wednesday, 9 April, in order to tighten the legislation against pollution to microplastics that invade rivers, beaches and oceans, which should enable this new regulation to be finally adopted within a few months.