Recent meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.
Mission & Goals
To help end plastic waste and pollution, AEPW’s purpose is to lead the creation of a circular economy for plastic through a series of transformative interventions, including some or all, but not limited to, the following: (i) developing, deploying, de-risking and supporting solutions related to design, collection, sorting, processing, recycling, reuse, refill and repurpose; (ii) fostering innovation and collaboration among business, governments, communities and others; (iii) sharing and enabling the sharing of knowledge and expertise; (iv) mobilizing and catalyzing financial resources; (v) fostering and enabling education; and (vi) fostering and enabling the clean-up of existing areas of concentrated plastic waste.
EU Legislative Interests
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste, Inc. (AEPW) remains developing its planned EU initiatives. EU initiatives and policies being followed by AEPW are those impacting the management, recycling, and disposal of plastic waste. AEPW will engage with private sector companies in developing solutions to help prevent the mismanagement of plastic waste; and to enhance understanding of the sources and solutions to plastic waste in the environment. AEPW will encourage the development of policies and allocation of resources to support the recycling, reuse and repurposing of plastic wastes. Specific initiatives or policies being followed include EU Circular Economy Action Plan, European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy.
Communication Activities
General website: https://endplasticwaste.org/ https://endplasticwaste.org/en/about https://endplasticwaste.org/en/our-work
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
https://unglobalcompact.org/what-is-gc/participants/139088-Alliance-to-End-Plastic-Waste-Limited
Organisation Members
https://endplasticwaste.org/en/membership
Connected Legislation
The environment - amendment of 85L0337
Revision of LIFE programme
Extension of LIFE Financial Instrument to 2006 (Amendment: Reg 1655/2000)
Implementation of certain directives on the environment
LIFE Environment Instrument: Amendment to Regulation EEC/1973/92
Revision of EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme)
Biological Diversity
Alignment of environmental policy reporting obligations
Environment, Security and Foreign Affairs
Amendment: LIFE Financial Instrument for the Environment (Reg 1655/2000/EC)
Implementation of environmental directives
Environmental inspections
Fight against serious environmental crimes
Decision on behalf of the EC, of an amendment to the Convention on access to information, public participation in decision making and access to justice in environmental matters
Directive on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage (the ‘ELD’)
Environmental protection through criminal law
Environmental information, public participation & justice
Decision on combating environmental crime
Environmental protection through criminal law (replacing Directive 2008/99/EC)
LIFE: Romania's participation in environmental financial instrument
Environmental aspects of enlargement negotiations
EU environmental standards vs stricter national norms of 3 new Member States
The environment to take place in SOFIA in October 1995
Environment Implementation Review
Review of Recommendation 2001/331/EC: Environmental inspection criteria
Resolution on the Kyoto Conference objectives
G7 Halifax Summit 1995: Environmental considerations
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies
Behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on the protection of the environment through criminal law
Environmental liability: prevention and remedying of damage
Århus Convention application to EU institutions
Access to justice in environmental matters
Corporate liability for environmental damage