We saw them, 10,000 of them, lined up and having to come across a no-man's zone carrying little plastic bags with all of their possessions.

At the same time, plastic waste has negative consequences for touristic areas such as natural parks where the clean-up efforts are a significant economic burden to local communities.

12. Believes that the financing of waste recycling infrastructure should take priority over the financing of waste dumping and incineration, but should also of course take into account the needs of each individual community; encourages European municipalities and local authorities, the plastics industry, and the recycling and waste management sector to make all possible efforts to motivate and incentivise citizens and businesses to adopt a circular economy concept with regard to plastic waste, beginning with a wide debate on planned obsolescence, by promoting easy and effective separation collection, reuse and recycling schemes and esta ...[+++]blishing adequate collection points for plastic waste, especially in coastal and environmentally vulnerable areas, starting out in terms of priority from those areas that the Member States have declared to be protected areas and/or national parks; also believes they could make a major contribution towards harmonising plastic waste management activities throughout Europe by agreeing on common standards and practices; calls on regional authorities to cooperate in integrated waste management planning where it is both environmentally and financially viable, and to promote in particular the establishment of ‘agricultural collection centres’ for plastic waste streams from agriculture (e.g. greenhouse plastics);

1. EU fishing vessels, which carry onboard frozen fishery resources caught in the Convention Area by more than one fishing vessel, may stow the fish from each of those vessels in more than one part of the hold but shall keep it clearly separate, in particular by plastic, plywood or netting, from fish caught by other vessels.

According to scientific studies, it is causing widespread pollution in the area in the form of microscopic plastic fibres and high concentrations of toxic substances with a high propensity for bioaccumulation.

According to scientific studies, it is causing widespread pollution in the area in the form of microscopic plastic fibres and high concentrations of toxic substances with a high propensity for bioaccumulation.