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The European Commission plans to scrap a proposal aimed at reducing waste (Photo: United Nations Photo)

Scrapping of environmental plans 'alarming'

A group of 10 environmental NGOs are “deeply concerned” by draft European Commission plans to scrap proposals aimed at improving air quality and reducing waste.

The commission is due to present its so-called working programme next week, but a draft of the 2015 legislative programme was leaked on Thursday (11 December).

The same day, the regional director of BirdLife Europe wrote an open letter on behalf of 10 environmental groups...

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