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00:00Μουσ ganharω και μαζί μας.
00:13Πλαστικά είναι από τις επιβ叢 προζητές εργοίες για ακ careful dynamismo.
00:17Και οι νομιδέλhaitς μας επברים στιγμους είναι στο 5 unity national to microscopic
00:23Κά wagesπού και μπορ detto στα ουσία.
00:26Τακοπλωσία με φύγης πρόβλημα μεταξύ καταστήριο φυσικά μεταξύ κομπλωστάκια.
00:34Υπότιτλοι AUTHORWAVE
01:04Inadvertent consumption of microplastics can pose health issues, such as low fertility and cancer, according to some scientific studies.
01:13Let's hear to what extent Europeans are aware and concerned about microplastic risks.
01:19I think the European Union could decide to use less plastic, as well as in the industry, as well as in our daily consumption,
01:27or even to be able to sensitize more people in the European countries.
01:34It's everywhere. Which, I mean, isn't brilliant, but I guess we don't really know what effects up will have long term.
01:41I believe that we're looking for a lot, because the difference is worth a lot.
01:47I've heard that they can now even be able to pass a cell that we have in the brain, so they go through the circulation of our blood.
01:54They have even increased in the supply chain of health.
01:58Euronews reporter Gregoire Lowry has been following this dossier.
02:02So what will be the new obligations for the companies that store plastic pallets and for those that transport them?
02:09The big companies that handle above 1,500 tons a year will have to get a certification by a third independent party.
02:17The small companies that still handle above 1,500 tons a year will have lighter obligations,
02:24like one-off certification in the five years after the entering into force of the regulation.
02:30And you have the small companies that handle less than 1,500 tons a year,
02:36and the micro-enterprises, they will have to issue a self-declaration of conformity.
02:41And in practice, these companies have to do what? Train the people that work there,
02:46have more technical means when there is an accidental spillage?
02:49They will have to, indeed, because contamination can occur at different stages of the process.
02:54It can be the production, it can be the processing, the distribution.
02:56So they will have, indeed, to provide all this kind of staff training, organizing,
03:03to make sure that they reduce pallets losses.
03:07Some non-governmental organizations were a bit critical, saying there are too many exemptions,
03:13too much delay to enter into force. What is at stake?
03:17For instance, NGOs argue that most of SMEs are actually representing the 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 are already following the international recommendations.
03:51And finally, why will non-EU companies also be included in this regulation?
03:57So, pallets are very mobile. They 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 pallets are lost to the environment.
04:25The new rules are expected to reduce plastic pallet losses by up to 74%.
04:30But plastic pallets rank third among the largest sources of microplastic release after paints and tires.
04:36Textiles and detergent capsules are other significant sources of this pollution.
04:41Let's talk more about this topic with one of the shadow operators for this regulation in the European Parliament,
04:49Spanish Socialist César Luena.
04:52How can we guarantee that companies apply these norms, especially those that do not belong to the European Union?
05:03Out of the territory of the European Union, we can't guarantee anything.
05:06But those outside companies that work and operate within our territory will have to have an authoritative representative
05:14that explains how to comply with the European norms to every member of the European Union.
05:20So, if there is an accident or an accident, immediately we will see the company and we will have this authoritative representative.
05:29Why do you have three years to comply with these norms, instead of two, like the other companies, when the contamination of the sea is so high?
05:40Well, because countries like, I can name them, I don't have any problem, like Chipre, like Grecia, like Malta, like Croatia,
05:49they would ask for those three years because they would need more time.
05:52In other words, we have suggested that the Council, that the member countries accept, for example,
05:57the proposal of the Parliament on the etiquette, that they have the etiquette, where they detail,
06:03they describe the materials and the danger that they can have if they lose them, if they lose them, if they lose them, if they lose them, if they lose them, if they lose them, or if they lose them.
06:12So, for 2030, the Unión debe reduce the liberation of microplastics to the environment in a 30%.
06:19Are they evaluating adequately other sources of contamination to achieve that objective?
06:26Yes, I think that yes.
06:27All that is, all that is prevailed in the European Pacto Verde Europe,
06:31from the policies of circular economy, to the policies that talk about residues urbanos, of water potable, of painting, textiles, etc.
06:43So, if we apply what we had planned, we will be able to achieve it, but if we doubt about it and we will be able to achieve it in the extreme right direction,
06:53then maybe not.
06:53The Unión Europe has prohibited the plastics of one single use, and there are innovations such as biodegradable materials,
07:02but do not have the Unión to be more active in the promotion of alternatives to plastic for consumers?
07:08We have, on the one hand, the co-diseño, the work in the program Horizonte Europa,
07:14and a one hand, which was reviewed in the past mandato, on materials recyclables and of one single use,
07:23Creo que ese conjunto de tres cosas debieran tener una visión única, un plan único,
07:30y por tanto así creo que también seríamos más eficaces.
07:33Violations of the new rules on storage and transport of plastic pellets could lead to fines above 3% of the company's turnover in the EU.
07:42The governments retained the initiative to initiate criminal proceedings in case of severe contamination,
07:50but the bigger challenge remains persuading people to use fewer plastics in our daily lives.
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