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Teisipäev, 23. aprill 2024 - Strasbourg

20.1. Plastigraanulite kao ärahoidmine mikroplastireostuse vähendamiseks (A9-0148/2024 - João Albuquerque)

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  Seán Kelly (PPE). – A Uachtaráin, tiny plastic pellets have the power to cause huge destruction. Some 230 000 tonnes of plastic pellets fall into the ocean every year. We speak of microplastics, but this is no micro-level environmental destruction. These pellets are ending up in our oceans, in our soil and in our food.

This proposed regulation strikes a good regulatory balance. It places obligations on EU and non-EU carriers to not only prevent spills, but also to contain and clean up in the event that a spill does occur, while also seeking to mitigate administrative burdens on SMEs.

Here we have the opportunity to really tackle an urgent issue and, for that reason, vótáil mé ina bhfabhar.