*[Enwl-eng] Plastic in your produce

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Did you see this email on plastics below?

As the plastics industry is working hard to undo our win to ban single-use plastics like straws, cups and cutlery in the EU, scientists just found that microplastics are found in human organs. [1]

This is scary! As they meet this Wednesday to discuss how to apply the ban, let’s make sure EU decision-makers stand strong. Tell them that we want single-use plastics taken off the shelves.

            SIGN NOW 
     

Thanks for all you do,

David (London), Mika (Bordeaux), Virginia (Madrid) and the entire team at WeMove Europe

References:
[1] https://www.ecowatch.com/microplastics-found-human-organs-2647014349.html?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2



Original email sent 8 August 2020:


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      Together we got the EU to ban single-use plastics - but the plastics industry is trying to water down the law. We must act now to make sure the EU stands strong.

      SIGN NOW 
Hi Vladimir,

By now we know that plastic is everywhere. It's not just in our drinking water and oceans. It has made its way into our fruits and vegetables too. [1, 2]

This is why we fought to ban single-use plastics, which are so harmful to our planet and our health. And we won. But the plastics industry is working hard to undo that win by intervening in the final stages of the law.

The way they’re doing that is pretty sneaky. They’ve manipulated technical discussions on the wording of guidelines, so that items like single-use packets of crisps can be considered reusable, and bans on single-use plastics straws and cutlery could be rendered completely ineffective. This would effectively cancel our win.

But we have a powerful decision maker on our side. Vice-President of the European Commission and champion of this law, Frans Timmermans, promised to be our ally. [3] It's time to remind him of that promise so that once more he can face down the plastics industry, who right now are hard at work behind the scenes.

            SIGN NOW 
     


Picture of Timmermans promising he would be our ally back in 2017 when we delivered our first petition calling for a ban on single-use plastics.

With partners all over Europe, our community came together around a huge petition to get the ban on single-use plastics passed. We won thanks to hundreds of thousands of us taking action, tweeting at decision makers (including Timmermans), emailing MEPs, and donating so that we could plaster billboards all over Brussels.

We thought we could move on and work on building a Europe that values care, protecting the climate and so much more.

But EU laws can take a long time before they’re applied in practice. Once decided, experts need to define how to make them work across all EU countries. These technical discussions are where, time and time again, industry lobbyists swoop in to make the laws work for their agenda.

Right now, they’re trying to get lots of plastics exempt from the law, meaning one plastic could easily be replaced with another, making the ban useless. We can’t let that happen. This is where we can show the plastics industry we are paying attention, we are coming together and using our power.

            SIGN NOW 
     

Our oceans, food safety, and health are at stake, so we need to show our leaders and the plastics industry that we won't take our eye off the ball until those single-use plastic items are taken off the shelves. Please sign and share this petition with your loved ones.

With determination,

David (London), Mika (Bordeaux), Giulio (Rome) and the entire WeMove Europe team

PS. 92% of Europeans think governments must take action to reduce single-use plastic items like straws and tableware. [4] If this law does not do that, it will be democracy failing its citizens. Sign!



References:
[1] https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/08/20/636845604/beer-drinking-water-and-fish-tiny-plastic-is-everywhere?t=1597226680821
[2] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341513246_Micro-_and_nano-plastics_in_edible_fruit_and_vegetables_The_first_diet_risks_assessment_for_the_general_population
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-020-0707-4
[3] https://twitter.com/TimmermansEU/status/912621524959547392
[4] Flash Eurobarometer 388 - Attitudes of Europeans towards waste management and resource efficiency P144- T35



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From: David - WeMove Europe 
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2020 6:00 PM
Subject: Plastic in your produce
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