Czy firmy ograniczą zanieczyszczenie mikroplastikiem?
Mikroplastik to jedno z najgorszych zanieczyszczeń dla wszystkich ekosystemów i może być szkodliwy dla każdej formy życia. Sprawdzamy, jak nowe przepisy mogą zmniejszyć zanieczyszczanie, które często występuje podczas transportu plastikowych granulek używanych do produkcji większych produktów.
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Mikroplastik to jedno z najgorszych zanieczyszczeń dla wszystkich ekosystemów i może być szkodliwy dla każdej formy życia. Sprawdzamy, jak nowe przepisy mogą zmniejszyć zanieczyszczanie, które często występuje podczas transportu plastikowych granulek używanych do produkcji większych produktów.
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00:00Muzyka
00:14Plastics are among the worst polluters to all ecosystems
00:17and microplastics are particularly concerning.
00:20They are from 5 mm down to microscopic levels
00:23and can be harmful to all life.
00:26Contamination of nature often happens during transport by land and sea
00:31of plastic pellets that are used to make larger products.
00:35At UDECODY we explain new regulations to reduce this pollution.
00:40Microplastics contaminate soil, which can harm agriculture.
00:44Spillage into waterways and the sea leads to ingestion by animals,
00:49including fish, which are then in turn eaten by humans.
00:53Pollution on beaches also negatively affects tourism.
00:56Recent shipping spills have occurred in Northwest Spain, Galicia,
01:00and in the North Sea, affecting the Netherlands.
01:04Inadvertent consumption of microplastics can pose health issues,
01:08such as lower fertility and cancer, according to some scientific studies.
01:13Let's hear to what extent Europeans are aware and concerned about microplastic risks.
01:20I think the European Union could decide to use less plastic,
01:24as well as in the industry, as well as in our daily consumption,
01:27as well as in our daily consumption,
01:28or even try to sensitize more people in the European countries.
01:34It's everywhere.
01:36Which, I mean, isn't brilliant,
01:38but I guess we don't really know what effects that will have long term.
01:41I believe that they've got a lot of blood,
01:43because they've got a lot of blood pressure,
01:44because they've got a lot of blood pressure.
01:46I've heard that they can now even go through the blood pressure,
01:51so they go through the blood pressure of our blood pressure.
01:55They have even影響ated to the food supply.
01:57And they have been following this dossier.
01:59Euronews reporter Gregoire Loury has been following this dossier.
02:02So what will be the new obligations for the companies that store plastic pallets
02:07and for those that transport them?
02:09The big companies that handle above 1,500 tonnes a year
02:13will have to get a certification by a third independent party.
02:17The small companies that still handle above 1,500 tonnes a year
02:22will have lighter obligations like a one-off certification
02:26in the five years after the entering into force of the regulation.
02:30And you have the small companies that handle less than 1,500 tonnes a year
02:36and the micro-entreprises,
02:38they will have to issue a self-declaration of conformity.
02:41And in practice, these companies have to do what?
02:44Train the people that work there,
02:46have more technical means when there is an accidental spillage.
02:49They will have to, indeed,
02:51because contamination can occur at different stages of the process.
02:54It can be the production, it can be the processing, the distribution.
02:57So they will have, indeed, to provide all this kind of staff training,
03:01organizing to make sure that they reduce pallets losses.
03:07Some non-governmental organizations were a bit critical,
03:11saying there are too many exemptions,
03:13too much delay to enter into force.
03:16What is at stake?
03:17For instance, NGOs argue that most of SMEs are actually representing
03:24the vast majority of making up the plastic supply chain,
03:30accounting for 98% in conversion and 97% in transport and storage.
03:37The maritime sector got an additional year for the transition,
03:42and NGOs argue that actually the vast majority of European vessels
03:47are already following the international recommendations.
03:51And finally, why will non-EU companies also be included in this regulation?
03:56So pellets are very mobile.
03:59They can be dispersed by air, water, land.
04:03It can occur at all stages of the supply chain.
04:07And the highest risks are actually in the loading and unloading.
04:11So the EU wants to make sure to get all the companies within the regulations.
04:17Each year, the equivalent of up to 7,300 truckloads of plastic pellets
04:22are lost to the environment.
04:25The new rules are expected to reduce plastic pellet losses by up to 74%.
04:30But plastic pellets rank third among the largest sources of microplastic release
04:35after paints and tires.
04:37Textiles and detergent capsules are other significant sources of this pollution.
04:42Let's talk more about this topic with one of the shadow operators for this regulation
04:48in the European Parliament, Spanish Socialist César Luena.
04:53How can they be guaranteed that companies will apply these norms,
04:59especially those that do not belong to the European Union?
05:03Outside of the European Union we can't guarantee anything.
05:06But those outside companies that work and operate within our territory
05:12will have to have an authority to explain how to comply with the European norms
05:18so that if there is an accident,
05:25immediately we are going to go to the company
05:27and we are going to have this representative authorized.
05:30Why will the maritime transport will have three years
05:33to comply with these norms
05:35instead of two, like the other companies,
05:37when the water contamination is so high?
05:40Well, because countries like, I can name no problem,
05:44like Chipre, like Grecia, like Malta, like Croatia,
05:49yes, they would ask for those three years because they needed more time.
05:53In other words, we said that the Council,
05:55that the members of countries accept, for example,
05:57the proposal of the Parliament on the etiquette,
06:00that they have the etiquette,
06:02where they detail, describe the materials
06:05and the dangers that they can have if they lose those materials,
06:09if they lose the soil or the water.
06:12For 2030, the Unions must reduce the liberation of microplastics
06:16to the environment in a 30%.
06:19Are they evaluating adequately other sources of contamination
06:24to reach that objective?
06:27Yes, I think so.
06:28All the proposed in the European Pacto Verde Europe
06:31from the policies of circular economy
06:35to the policies that talk about urban waste,
06:39of water potable, painting, textiles, etc.
06:43So, if we apply what we had planned,
06:46we will arrive and we will do it.
06:48But if we doubt and we fall in the extreme left,
06:53maybe not.
06:54The Unions has prohibited the plastics of one single use
06:58and there are innovations such as biodegradable materials.
07:02But the Unions should not be more active
07:04in the promotion of alternatives to plastics for consumers?
07:08We have, on the one hand,
07:10the Eco-Diseño
07:12and the work in the Horizonte Europe
07:14and the other hand,
07:16the other hand,
07:17that was reviewed in the past mandato
07:19about the materials recyclable
07:21and of one single use,
07:23and the other hand,
07:24I think that this set of three things
07:26should have a unique vision,
07:28a unique plan,
07:29and therefore,
07:30we would be more effective.
07:33Violations of the new rules
07:35on storage and transport of plastic pellets
07:38could lead to fines
07:39above 3% of the companies turnover in the EU.
07:43The governments retain the initiative
07:45to initiate criminal proceedings
07:47in case of severe contamination,
07:50but the bigger challenge remains persuading people
07:53to use fewer plastics in our daily lives.
07:56with the improved roads
07:59per CineC Franz.
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