In a bid to tackle plastic pollution, the Commission has in its communication of 16 January 2018 entitled A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy acknowledged the risks posed by microplastics and called for innovative solutions targeting the different sources of microplastics to be taken. The Commission renewed that commitment in its communications of 11 December 2019 on the European Green Deal, of 11 March 2020 on the new Circular Economy Action Plan and of 12 May 2021 on the Zero Pollution Action Plan. The Zero Pollution Action Plan includes, among its 2030 targets, reducing the amount of microplastics released into the environment by 30 %.
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