Czy firmy ograniczą zanieczyszczenie mikroplastikiem?

euronews (po polsku)

Czy firmy ograniczą zanieczyszczenie mikroplastikiem?  Mikroplastik to jedno z najgorszych zanieczyszczeń dla wszystkich ekosystemów i może być szkodliwy dla każdej formy życia. Sprawdzamy, jak nowe przepisy mogą zmniejszyć zanieczyszczanie, które często występuje podczas transportu plastikowych granulek używanych do produkcji większych produktów.  CZYTAJ WIĘCEJ : http://pl.euronews.com/2025/05/06/czy-firmy-ogranicza-zanieczyszczenie-mikroplastikiem  Zasubskrybuj nasz kanał.Euronews jest dostępny na Dailymotion w 12 językach

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00:00Muzyka

00:14Plastics are among the worst polluters to all ecosystems

00:17and microplastics are particularly concerning.

00:20They are from 5 mm down to microscopic levels

00:23and can be harmful to all life.

00:26Contamination of nature often happens during transport by land and sea

00:31of plastic pellets that are used to make larger products.

00:35At UDECODY we explain new regulations to reduce this pollution.

00:40Microplastics contaminate soil, which can harm agriculture.

00:44Spillage into waterways and the sea leads to ingestion by animals,

00:49including fish, which are then in turn eaten by humans.

00:53Pollution on beaches also negatively affects tourism.

00:56Recent shipping spills have occurred in Northwest Spain, Galicia,

01:00and in the North Sea, affecting the Netherlands.

01:04Inadvertent consumption of microplastics can pose health issues,

01:08such as lower fertility and cancer, according to some scientific studies.

01:13Let's hear to what extent Europeans are aware and concerned about microplastic risks.

01:20I think the European Union could decide to use less plastic,

01:24as well as in the industry, as well as in our daily consumption,

01:27as well as in our daily consumption,

01:28or even try to sensitize more people in the European countries.

01:34It's everywhere.

01:36Which, I mean, isn't brilliant,

01:38but I guess we don't really know what effects that will have long term.

01:41I believe that they've got a lot of blood,

01:43because they've got a lot of blood pressure,

01:44because they've got a lot of blood pressure.

01:46I've heard that they can now even go through the blood pressure,

01:51so they go through the blood pressure of our blood pressure.

01:55They have even影響ated to the food supply.

01:57And they have been following this dossier.

01:59Euronews reporter Gregoire Loury has been following this dossier.

02:02So what will be the new obligations for the companies that store plastic pallets

02:07and for those that transport them?

02:09The big companies that handle above 1,500 tonnes a year

02:13will have to get a certification by a third independent party.

02:17The small companies that still handle above 1,500 tonnes a year

02:22will have lighter obligations like a one-off certification

02:26in the five years after the entering into force of the regulation.

02:30And you have the small companies that handle less than 1,500 tonnes a year

02:36and the micro-entreprises,

02:38they will have to issue a self-declaration of conformity.

02:41And in practice, these companies have to do what?

02:44Train the people that work there,

02:46have more technical means when there is an accidental spillage.

02:49They will have to, indeed,

02:51because contamination can occur at different stages of the process.

02:54It can be the production, it can be the processing, the distribution.

02:57So they will have, indeed, to provide all this kind of staff training,

03:01organizing to make sure that they reduce pallets losses.

03:07Some non-governmental organizations were a bit critical,

03:11saying there are too many exemptions,

03:13too much delay to enter into force.

03:16What is at stake?

03:17For instance, NGOs argue that most of SMEs are actually representing

03:24the 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

03:47are already following the international recommendations.

03:51And finally, why will non-EU companies also be included in this regulation?

03:56So pellets are very mobile.

03:59They 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 pellets

04:22are lost to the environment.

04:25The new rules are expected to reduce plastic pellet losses by up to 74%.

04:30But plastic pellets rank third among the largest sources of microplastic release

04:35after paints and tires.

04:37Textiles and detergent capsules are other significant sources of this pollution.

04:42Let's talk more about this topic with one of the shadow operators for this regulation

04:48in the European Parliament, Spanish Socialist César Luena.

04:53How can they be guaranteed that companies will apply these norms,

04:59especially those that do not belong to the European Union?

05:03Outside of the European Union we can't guarantee anything.

05:06But those outside companies that work and operate within our territory

05:12will have to have an authority to explain how to comply with the European norms

05:18so that if there is an accident,

05:25immediately we are going to go to the company

05:27and we are going to have this representative authorized.

05:30Why will the maritime transport will have three years

05:33to comply with these norms

05:35instead of two, like the other companies,

05:37when the water contamination is so high?

05:40Well, because countries like, I can name no problem,

05:44like Chipre, like Grecia, like Malta, like Croatia,

05:49yes, they would ask for those three years because they needed more time.

05:53In other words, we said that the Council,

05:55that the members of countries accept, for example,

05:57the proposal of the Parliament on the etiquette,

06:00that they have the etiquette,

06:02where they detail, describe the materials

06:05and the dangers that they can have if they lose those materials,

06:09if they lose the soil or the water.

06:12For 2030, the Unions must reduce the liberation of microplastics

06:16to the environment in a 30%.

06:19Are they evaluating adequately other sources of contamination

06:24to reach that objective?

06:27Yes, I think so.

06:28All the proposed in the European Pacto Verde Europe

06:31from the policies of circular economy

06:35to the policies that talk about urban waste,

06:39of water potable, painting, textiles, etc.

06:43So, if we apply what we had planned,

06:46we will arrive and we will do it.

06:48But if we doubt and we fall in the extreme left,

06:53maybe not.

06:54The Unions has prohibited the plastics of one single use

06:58and there are innovations such as biodegradable materials.

07:02But the Unions should not be more active

07:04in the promotion of alternatives to plastics for consumers?

07:08We have, on the one hand,

07:10the Eco-Diseño

07:12and the work in the Horizonte Europe

07:14and the other hand,

07:16the other hand,

07:17that was reviewed in the past mandato

07:19about the materials recyclable

07:21and of one single use,

07:23and the other hand,

07:24I think that this set of three things

07:26should have a unique vision,

07:28a unique plan,

07:29and therefore,

07:30we would be more effective.

07:33Violations of the new rules

07:35on storage and transport of plastic pellets

07:38could lead to fines

07:39above 3% of the companies turnover in the EU.

07:43The governments retain the initiative

07:45to initiate criminal proceedings

07:47in case of severe contamination,

07:50but the bigger challenge remains persuading people

07:53to use fewer plastics in our daily lives.

07:56with the improved roads

07:59per CineC Franz.

08:00Depending on the cost,

08:01here's the main work in America.

08:02What we have worked with

08:03between D Lazarus Republics

08:05and White France

08:06through Limiter LA

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