European Parliament calls for essential 50% cut in marine litter

Strasbourg – Seas At Risk is today welcoming the European Parliament’s call for an EU marine reduction target of 50% by 2025, which Seas At Risk and its members have been advocating.

The original ‘headline‘ reduction target of 30% by 2030 contained in the Commission Communication  is non-binding and too low, considering the seriousness of the problem, and would not drive the measures necessary to end the flow of waste into the sea.

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