About Us

Let’s rethink plastic

Rethink Plastic is an alliance of leading European NGOs, with thousands of active groups, supporters and citizens in every EU Member State.

We bring together policy and technical expertise from a variety of relevant fields, and work with European policy-makers to design and deliver policy solutions for a future that is free from plastic pollution

We are part of the global Break Free From Plastic movement, along with over 1400 NGOs and millions of citizens worldwide.

  • Less than 30% of the plastic waste produced in Europe is collected for recycling
  • 84% of EU citizens are worried about the impact of plastics on our environment
  • 80% of all plastic ever produced ended up in landfills or the environment

Our campaign

Plastic is one of the fastest growing pollutants in the world. The way we currently design, produce and consume plastics is both unsustainable and inefficient. European citizens are increasingly concerned about plastic pollution, and expect the European Union to show leadership and tackle the crisis at source. Urgent measures are needed in 3 key areas: reduction of plastic production and consumption, better design of plastic products to be safe and sustainable, and better management of plastic waste.

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Campaign
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    Improve the management of plastic waste
    By empowering producers, retailers and cities to maximise collection and recycling, to stop landfilling, incineration, and leakages into the environment.
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    Redesign plastic products
    By making plastics responsible by design: long-lasting, reusable, recyclable, toxic-free, and incorporating recycled content, to make the circular economy come true.
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    Reduce plastic production & consumption
    By cutting single-use items, overpackaging and top littered products, while phasing out microplastics and oxoplastics, to close the tap of plastic pollution.

Our people

Our coordinators

Our campaigners and policy experts

  • Alice Bernard
    Lawyer, Chemicals - ClientEarth
  • Elise Vitali
    Project Officer on Chemicals - EEB
  • Frédérique Mongodin
    Senior Policy Officer, Marine Pollution - Seas at Risk
  • Gaëlle Haut
    EU affairs project manager - Surfrider Foundation Europe
  • Giulia Carlini
    Staff Attorney, Environmental Health Program - CIEL
  • Ioana Popescu
    Programme Manager - ECOS
  • Juliet Phillips
    Ocean Campaigner - Environmental Investigation Agency
  • Kevin Stairs
    Advisor - Greenpeace
  • Lara Fornabaio
    Chemicals, Law and Policy Advisor- ClientEarth
  • Larissa Copello de Souza
    Consumption and Production Campaigner - Zero Waste Europe
  • Meadhbh Bolger
    Resource justice campaigner - Friends of the Earth Europe
  • Jean-Pierre Schweitzer
    Policy Officer on Products and Circular Economy - EEB
  • Tatiana Santos
    Senior Policy Officer, Chemicals & Nanotechnology - EEB
  • Tim Grabiel
    Senior Lawyer - Environmental Investigation Agency

We are part of the #breakfreefromplastic movement

#breakfreefromplastic is a global movement envisioning a future free from plastic pollution. Since its launch in September 2016, over 1,200 groups from across the world have joined the movement to demand massive reductions in single-use plastics and to push for lasting solutions to the plastic pollution crisis. These organizations share the common values of environmental protection and social justice, which guide their work at the community level and represent a global, unified vision.
breakfreefromplastic.org
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