{"id":106,"date":"2025-05-20T15:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T13:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noplasticfilter.thewebbakery.dev\/?p=106"},"modified":"2025-06-25T08:45:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T06:45:05","slug":"dutch-government-wants-europe-to-ban-cigarette-filter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noplasticfilter.org\/es\/dutch-government-wants-europe-to-ban-cigarette-filter\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch government wants Europe to ban single-use cigarette filters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Former Dutch State Secretary for the environment Vivianne Heijnen wanted to put a ban<\/a> on all single-use cigarette filters on the agenda of the revision of the European Union’s Single-Use Plastics Directive (in 2025), she wrote to parliament in 2023. Research<\/a> by CE Delft showed that a ban is the only effective option to achieve a 70% reduction target, which was voted for by parliament<\/a>. Interestingly, the government wants to ban all single-use filters, including alternatives such as bioplastic.<\/strong> No Plastic Filter sent a letter<\/a> to the current State Secretary for the environment, asking to support the campaign and continu the work in Europe.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In response to motions by the collaborating NGOs ‘Plastic Cigarette Butt Collective’ in 2022, the Dutch government also commissioned research into measures to reduce the amount of cigarette filters in litter. CE Delft conducted the study and concluded \u201cthat cigarette filters make up a significant proportion of litter, leading to negative environmental impacts.\u201d The study examined five possible measures, but \u201cthese do not lead to the proposed reduction target of 70% by 2026.\u201d Existing policies, they say, lead to a maximum reduction of about 15% by 2026, and \u201cnew measures cannot be introduced before 2026, or do not lead to a sufficient reduction rate.\u201d Thereupon, the research firm advised the government, if it wants to make work on the 70% reduction target, to investigate the possibility of banning filter cigarettes in a European context. They also argued that in order to move toward this target up to 2026, it would be necessary to maximize the use of additional measures. A combination of measures is likely to lead to the highest effect, according to CE Delft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All filter ban in Single-Use Plastics Directive<\/strong> (SUPD)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

This is good news for two reasons: bioplastic does not break down much<\/a>, if at all, in nature, and the filters contain hundreds of toxic substances that leak into the environment. The revision of the SUP Directive, the European Single-Use Plastics Directive<\/a> that includes, for example, the ban on plastic straws and cutlery but also the upcoming legislation around disposable cups and meal packaging, will take place in 2025 and 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Follow-up steps<\/strong> in the Netherlands and Europe<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The ministry continues to explore the policy options under consideration in the following ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n