The European Commission and the European Environment Agency (EEA) have today published the second report on monitoring and outlook for zero pollution, which provides an overview of the EU's work to meet the zero pollution targets by 2030. The Commission also published today its fourth clean air outlook report . Reports show that EU policies have contributed to reducing air pollution, pesticide use and plastic waste in the sea. However, pollution levels are still too high, particularly from harmful noise, the release of microplastics into the environment, nutrient pollution and waste generation. (More on eea.europa.eu)