date:Oct 26, 2018
rs to disintegrate. They are the second most littered single-use plastic items.
Member states should also ensure that at least 50 percent of lost or abandoned fishing gear containing plastic is collected per year, with a recycling target of at least 15 percent by 2025. Fishing gear represents 27 percent of waste found on Europes beaches.
Making producers more accountable
Member states would have to ensure that tobacco companies cover the costs of waste collection for those products, including