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The European Commission and the European Committee of the Regions are inviting stakeholders to apply to become members of the Zero Pollution Stakeholder Platform to help implement the EU Action Plan: “Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil”.

From 24 October 2021, EU Member States shall ensure that the targets for the separate collection for recycling of waste single-use plastic beverage bottles are calculated, verified and reported according to harmonised methodology and provisions.

At a ministerial meeting held today in Cascais Portugal, the contracting parties of the Convention for the Protection of the marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR) agreed on a decade-long North-East Atlantic Strategy that aims to protect the sea and ocean.

The European Commission published today a Report on the implementation and efficient functioning of Directive 2012/18/EU on the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances (the Seveso III Directive).

The Green City Accord has now reached a milestone of 73 cities including the 9 new cities that signed the political commitment at the high-level hybrid ceremony on 22 September 2021.

Today, the European Commission is launching an open public consultation on the revision of EU rules on ambient air quality, a key deliverable of the European Green Deal.

Today, at the UN General Assembly in New York, governments, financial institutions, business representatives and philanthropists announced game changing transformative actions for nature and people while negotiations for a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework are advancing.

The Commission is currently preparing a monitoring framework with headline indicators for the 8th Environment Action Programme, as announced in the European Green Deal.

As the interest in green products grows, so does the EU Ecolabel!