16 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2018/0172(COD)
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The high functionality and relatively low cost of plastic means that this material is increasingly ubiquitous in everyday life. Global annual production of plastics grew from 2 million tons in 1950 to 381 million tons in 2015, and is expected to triple again by 2030. Its growing use, including in short- lived applications, which are not designed for re- use or cost-effective recycling means that related production and consumption patterns have become increasingly inefficient and linear. Therefore, in the context of the Circular Economy Action Plan32 , the Commission concluded in the European Strategy for Plastics33 that the steady increase in plastic waste generation and its leakage into our environment, in particular into the marine environment, must be tackled in order to ensure a significant reduction in the absolute use of plastics and achieve a truly circular lifecycle for plastics. __________________ 32 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions "Closing the loop – An EU action plan for the Circular Economy" (COM(2015)0614 final). 33 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions "A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy" (COM(2018)28 final).
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Circular approaches that prioritise re-usable products and re-use systemdesign out all single-use plastics, where required substituting them with sustainable bio- based materials, and re-usable products will lead to a reduction of waste generated, and such prevention is at the pinnacle of the waste hierarchy enshrined in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.34 Such approaches are also in line with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 1235 to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns. __________________ 34 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3). 35 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Circular approaches that prioritise re-usable products and re-use systems will lead to a reduction of waste generated, and such prevention is at the pinnacle of the waste hierarchy enshrined in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.34 Such approaches require the facilitation of the uptake of reusable or recyclable products, including those containing recycled content, for which the development of transparency tools containing information about the product source and previous use, its chemical composition, and health and environmental risks associated with the intended use of the product and its post-use treatment challenge is urgently needed. Such approaches are also in line with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 1235 to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns. __________________ 34 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3). 35 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Marine litter is of a transboundary nature and is recognized as a global problem. Over 100 million marine animals are killed each year due to plastic debris in the ocean. Reducing marine litter is a key action for the achievement of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14 which calls to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.36 The Union must play its part inshow leadership, increase investment including into marine clean- up campaigns, and take determined action to tacklinge marine litter andwith the aim tof being a standard setter for the world. In this context, the Union is working with partners in many international fora such as G20, G7 and United Nations to promote concerted action. This initiative is part of the Union efforts in this regard which should aim at a global convention on plastics which inter alia bans single-use plastics. __________________ 36 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) To focus efforts whehough a welcome step in the right direction, to ensure measures theyaken are most neededup to the challenge and drastic enough to prevent the situation from becoming unmanageable, this Directive should only cover the most found single-useall single-use plastics in the market. Due to an increasingly growing plastics products, which are estimated to represent around 86% of the single-use plastics found, in counts, on beaches in the Unionion, planning for the replacement and phase out of single-use plastics in all their forms, including as coatings, should be initiated.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to clearly define the scope of this Directive the term single-use plastic product should be defined. Plastic in all its use and forms that cannot be upgraded, reused or recycled to be reused as material should be considered single-use plastics. The definition should exclude plastic products that are conceived, designed and placed on the market to accomplish within their lifecycle multiple trips or rotations by being refilled or reused for the same, upgraded, repaired, recycled or reused for an equivalent or higher purpose for which they are conceived.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The single-use plastic products should be addressed by one or several measures, depending on various factors, such as the availability of suitable and more sustainable alternatives, the feasibil that meet the drastic situation and ensure the reduction in single-use plastic production and consumption. Measures should actively guide sustainable plastic consumption in line wityh to changhe consumption patterns, and the extent to which they are already covered by existing Union legislationer call for urgent action against plastic waste production. Measures should be based on the aim to gradually phase out all single-use plastics, starting with packaging.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) For other single-use plastic products, suitable and more sustainable alternatives that are also affordable are readily available. In order to limit the adverse impact of such products on the environment, Member States should be required to prohibit their placing on the Union market. By doing so, the use of those readily available and more sustainable alternatives as well as innovative solutions towards more sustainable business models, re-use alternatives and substitution of materials would be promoted. Investing in and incentivising the development and urgent introduction into use of alternative bio- based, non-toxic materials free of endocrine disrupting chemicals to replace plastic should be a priority.
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to prevent littering and other inappropriate forms of disposal resulting in marine litter containing plastic, consumers need to be properly informed about the most appropriate waste disposal options available and/or waste disposal options to be avoided, best practices with regard to waste disposal and the environmental impact of bad disposal practices as well as about the plastic content in certain single-use plastic products and fishing gear. Therefore, Member States should be required to take awareness raising measures ensuring that such information is given to the consumers, in addition to awareness-raising campaigns on including measures every person and household can take to reduce the consumption of plastic, particularly single-use plastic products. The information should not contain any promotional content encouraging the use of the single-use plastic products. Member States should be able to choose the measures which are most appropriate based on the nature of the product or its use. Producers of single-use plastics should have on their products the data of what percentage of that product end up on European beaches as marine litter and information of its environmental impact. Producers of single-use plastic products and fishing gear containing plastic should cover the costs of the awareness raising measures as part of their extended producer responsibility obligation.
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
This Directive shall apply to theall single-use plastic products listed in the Annexand single-use plastic in all its forms and to fishing gear containing plastic.
Amendment 287 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to achieve a significant reduction in the consumption and progressive phasing out of the single-use plastic products listed in Part A of the Annex on their territory by … [six years after the end-date for transposition of this Directive].
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Those measures may include national campaigns to inform consumers about the environmental impact of single-use plastic products, consumption reduction targets, measures ensuring that reusable alternatives to those products are made available at the point of sale to the final consumer, investment into the identification of alternative materials, economic instruments such as ensuring that single- use plastic products are not provided free of charge at the point of sale to the final consumer. Those measures may vary depending on the environmental impact of the products referred to in the first subparagraph.
Amendment 364 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that each single-use plastic product listed in Part D of the Annex placed on the market bears a conspicuous, clearly legible and indelible marking informing consumers of one or more of the following:
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the negative environmental impacts of littering or other inappropriate waste disposal of the products, orand
Amendment 463 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the impact, including data and graphics, of littering and other inappropriate waste disposal of those products and fishing gear containing plastic on the environment, and in particular on the marine environment.
Amendment 601 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – indent 6 a (new)
Annex I – part B – indent 6 a (new)
- food packing