🤯 17,000+ SIGNATURES! Here are 2 powerful ways to take action right now!
Hi everyone,
I’m sitting at my desk in complete shock... We have passed 17,000+ signatures in just 3 days!
We are no longer just a small group of worried creators. We are a massive, united force of creators, small businesses and handmade lovers across the whole Europe.
Because of our size, we now have the power to actually influence the rules before they completely destroy small-scale shipping. If you want to help us turn this momentum into REAL policy changes, here are two simple, high-impact actions you can take today:
• Leave official feedback on the EU Portal:
The European Commission currently has an open public feedback page specifically about packaging waste rules and national registers for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). Right now, there are around 1,000 responses. If thousands of us leave a comment, they cannot ignore us.
LINK TO EU FEEDBACK PORTAL:
What to write:
Briefly explain that you are a small business owner / creator / customer and that mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. Demand a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs.
• E-mail your local Members of the European Parliament (MEPs)
Politicians respond best to voters from their own country. Finding your local MEPs takes literally 2 minutes.
Find your country's MEPs here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/home?hl=en-US (select your country in the filter)
How to find their e-mails:
Click on any MEP's profile - their official e-mail address is listed directly under the contacts / envelope icon ✉️ on their profile page.
Who to prioritize? Look for MEPs sitting in these committees:
- ENVI (Environment, Public Health & Food Safety)
- IMCO (Internal Market & Consumer Protection) - very important for cross-border trade!
- ITRE (Industry & Micro-enterprises)
Keep it super simple. Your e-mail doesn't need to be fancy, long or perfectly written.
Make sure to attach the link to this petition in your e-mail so they see this isn't just one individual complaining, but a growing movement of 17,000+ people who are angry about this situation.
And also - keep sharing on Instagram! Stories, reels and direct messages to other creators are still generating the majority of our signatures (almost 50%!).
P.S.: Who am I behind this petition?
I guess a lot of you have been wondering who started this movement! My name is Jeanette and I’m the creator behind Decora Paperia.
I’m just a self-employed designer from Slovakia who was trying to launch her creative project and got stopped in her tracks by these regulations.
If you want to follow the fight, see the posts about the petition or just connect with someone who is in the exact same boat as you, come and say hi @decora.paperia
To be completely transparent: I just created this Instagram account, so it’s pretty empty right now! I never in my wildest dreams expected this petition to explode like this, so I was completely caught off guard. I didn't want to keep it on my personal account, because it was overwhelming. So I’m literally learning as I go while managing this whole storm!
THANK YOU guys!
Jeanette Konarcikova | Decora Paperia