Legislation measures

Ban of harmful material, like easy to lose SUP items and Styrofoam containers.

Regulations Regulations

Single-use plastic nets - Efthalia Arvaniti Single-use plastic nets - Efthalia Arvaniti

EU Parliament seals ban on throwaway plastics by 2021: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20190321IPR32111/parliament-seals-ban-on-throwaway-plastics-by-2021 The following products will be banned in the EU by 2021: -Single-use plastic cutlery (forks, knives, spoons and chopsticks) -Single-use plastic plates -Plastic straws -Cotton bud sticks made of plastic -Plastic balloon sticks -Oxo-degradable plastics and food containers and expanded polystyrene cups

Relevant type of aquaculture:

Fish Shellfish Seaweed

Relevant sea basin:

Baltic

Relevant stage:

Prevention and reduction

Related Barriers:

  • Additional incentives from the government to invest in more durable materials and alternative solutions are lacking.

  • The externalities of litter in the environment are not internalised into the costs of single use plastic items used in aquaculture facilities. This is one of the reasons why there is limited economic incentive to develop or choose items with a better environmental footprint.

  • Lack of incentives to avoid complex gear products or mixed-plastic formats for better recyclability.

  • Top-down (legal) approaches are absent to forbid easy to lose single-use plastic items.

Related Good Practice:

P&R GP 3.1

Ban of all plastic bags

Denmark and the Island of Samso have banned all plastic bags.