The European Parliament supports the revision of the urban wastewater treatment directive to combat pollution, particularly from microplastics and PFAS, with an extended producer responsibility scheme.
The amended report by Finland’s Nils Torvalds (Renew Europe), adopted on Thursday 5 October (420 votes in favour, 62 against, 84 abstentions), represents Parliament’s first-reading position and preserves the compromises already reached in Parliament’s Committee on Environment (ENVI)...