26 Amendments of Younous OMARJEE related to 2018/2035(INI)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas 150 million tons of plastics and microplastics have accumulated in the world’s oceans and seas, causing severe damage to marine fauna and flora, the climate and global biodiversity; whereas, according to the UN, if nothing is done, there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans by 2050;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas every year between 4.8 and 12.7 million tonnes of plastic waste enter the ocean;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas practically every type of plastic material and object can be found in the ocean from the Great Pacific garbage patch, containing at least 79.000 tons of plastic floating in an area of 1.6 million square kilometres, to the Earth's remotest areas such as the deep ocean floor and the Arctic;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas plastic makes up 85 per cent of beach litter;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas 90 per cent of all seabirds swallow plastic particles;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets, however, that the strategy presented by the Commission relates only to voluntary commitments, and calls on the Commission to take binding legislative measures to implement practical and effective action to reduce the production and use of plastic and clean up plastic pollution from the end of 2018;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to fund and support innovation and research and to take tangible measures quickly to clear plastic pollution from the ocean and the seabed in their territories;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to come forward with an update of the essential requirements in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, addressing in particular prevention, design for circularity and over-packaging; believes that a clear labelling on recyclable packaging and information on recycled content will be key to enable consumers to make an enlightened choice in purchasing their products;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for an action plan to phase out single-use plastic items within all buildings of the European Institutions;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 357 #
(1) Supports the Commission to further discuss the introduction of a EU tax on virgin plastics as a way to foster plastics reduction and the uptake of recycled plastics or other mechanisms that would help to internalise external costs due to plastics production, pollution and littering;
Amendment 408 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission to introduce a ban on micro-plastics which are intentionally added to products, such as cosmetics and cleaning products, and for which viable alternatives are available;
Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Takes note of the good practice of Operation Clean Sweep and the Port of Antwerp’s ‘zero pellet loss’ initiative; believes there is scope to replicate this initiative at EU and global level, as well as throughout the entire plastic supply chain to prevent pellet loss across the supply chain, to tackle the second largest direct source of microplastic pollution in the EU;
Amendment 430 #
Research and Innovation
Amendment 447 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Stresses that sufficient funding of research and innovation is key to understand the source, quantification and impact of macro-, micro- and nanoplastics on the marine ecosystems and to develop innovative solutions; and calls therefore for a budget of at least €120 billion for Horizon Europe in the Multiannual Financial Framework after 2020;
Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Calls on the Commission to invest properly in new mechanisms of marine litter removal as several non- governmental organisations have already done; *Dive Against Debris Map, The Seabin Project, Libera Project (SEO Birdlife), 4Ocean, etc.
Amendment 457 #
34b. Calls on the Commission to establish in the context of the Framework Programme 9 a 'Mission Plastic Free Ocean' to reduce plastics entering the marine environment and collect plastics present in the ocean. Asks in this context to establish a European Ocean Agency dealing with the challenges of observation, coordination and implementation of European initiatives and the management of national and European funds to tackle marine litter and other marine and maritime challenges such as climate change and acidification;
Amendment 459 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34b. Stresses that in order to facilitate the collection of marine litter, the local administration should be in charge of the creation of new jobs and opportunities in the region;
Amendment 460 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 c (new)
Paragraph 34 c (new)
34c. Highlights the innovative potential of start-ups in the context of recycling and upcycling;
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 12 a (new)
Subheading 12 a (new)
Marine Litter
Amendment 462 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 d (new)
Paragraph 34 d (new)
34d. Calls on the Commission to step up efforts to increase ocean literacy in Europe to empower ocean engaged citizens and by doing so raise awareness about the environmental challenge of plastic pollution and other forms of marine litter;
Amendment 463 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 e (new)
Paragraph 34 e (new)
34e. Calls for an EU policy dialogue on marine litter and plastic pollution, bringing together representatives of civil society, the plastic industry, specific sectors such as the fishing, shipping and tourism, as well as scientists and politicians from the local to European level;
Amendment 464 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 f (new)
Paragraph 34 f (new)
34f. Emphasises the importance of projects such as fishing for litter campaigns and beach clean-ups;
Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 g (new)
Paragraph 34 g (new)
34g. Considering that abandoned, lost and otherwise discarded fishing gear accounts for at least 10 per cent of marine litter, calls for a better implementation of the compulsory reporting of lost fishing gear and measures to facilitate the collection, recycling and upcycling of fishing gear;
Amendment 474 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Calls on the Commission to undertake a major international initiative to clean up plastic pollution in the ocean and on the seabed;
Amendment 483 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Given that a great portion of plastic waste in the ocean originates from countries in Asia and Africa, the issues of plastic pollution and waste management capacities should be a priority in the context of the EU's external policy framework ranging from EU development policy, sustainable fisheries partnership agreements, to ocean partnerships in the framework of an international ocean governance;