{"id":39942,"date":"2021-07-06T13:00:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vmengine.net\/2021\/07\/06\/single-use-plastic-the-new-european-union-directives-are-underway\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T17:31:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T17:31:55","slug":"single-use-plastic-the-new-european-union-directives-are-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/temp-new.vmenginelab.com\/en\/2021\/07\/06\/single-use-plastic-the-new-european-union-directives-are-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Use Plastic, the new European Union directives are underway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new European Union<\/strong> directives on the use of single-use plastic came into force on 3 July.
The new European SUP Directive<\/strong> on single-use plastic<\/strong> bans the disposable objects most frequently found on beaches and in the seas: straws, cotton buds, plates and cutlery, cocktail stirrers, balloon sticks, polystyrene food and drink containers.
However, a dispute has arisen between Italy<\/strong> and the European Commission<\/strong> on two aspects that the Government<\/strong> contests the new directive.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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The dispute between Italy and the European Union <\/p>\n

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The EU has chosen to ban polluting single-use plastic<\/strong> items that can be dispensed with or replaced with biodegradable<\/strong> items.<\/p>\n

In the directive<\/strong>, however, there is no distinction between traditional plastic<\/strong> objects (the one produced from petroleum and not biodegradable) and biodegradable plastic<\/strong> objects: produced from natural raw materials such as corn, biodegradable in the environment and compostable (i.e. convertible into compost fertilizer).
On the other hand, Italian Law 53\/2021<\/strong> has excluded from the ban all compostable disposable plastics, in which the Italian industry is very competitive.<\/p>\n

Another point of contention concerns the plasticized paper<\/strong> (covered with a thin plastic veil) used for plates, cups and packaging. The directive does not mention it directly, but the guidelines extend the ban to these objects as well. Italy<\/strong> is a large producer of plasticized paper, and the extension of the ban to this would have put our paper industry in crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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The contrast should end because the Vice-President of the Commission, Frans Timmermans<\/strong>, following a conversation with the Minister of Ecological Transition, Roberto Cingolan<\/strong> , has committed to revise the guidelines of the directive.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, in Italy we will continue to buy and produce plastic while waiting for the new decree that is rumored to arrive no earlier than October.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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