Today, the Council adopted its position ('general approach') on a regulation on preventing the loss of plastic pellets – the industrial raw materials used to make plastic products – to the environment ...

This press release was updated on 23 July 2025 to add the agreed text Today, the Council and the European Parliament provisionally agreed on a regulation on preventing the loss of plastic pellets – ...

Under the rules, large companies, defined as handling more than 1,500 metric tons of pellets a year, will need to obtain a third-party certificate to prove they are complying.

These lentil-sized pellets are used to make everyday plastic products. When they spill into the sea, they cause lasting damage. IMO, the UN body that regulates global shipping, held a high-stakes ...

This Jan. 30, 2012, file photo, shows the sign for the ExxonMobil Torerance Refinery in Torrance, Calif. Exxon has apparently agreed to start reporting when it spills plastic pellets, a major ...