News

Welcome to our news section, where you can find the full range of infographics, reports, position papers and videos on plastic pollution by the Rethink Plastic alliance and its member organisations. Browse our latest news!

28 January 2020

A lifecycle assessment guide for plastic fuels

Measures should be taken to prevent improper counting of ‘emission reductions’ when looking at plastics...

14 November 2019

Loophole & delays undermine microplastics restriction

NGO letter to key decision makers reiterates support for restrictions on all intentionally added microplastics...

6 November 2019

Plastic Atlas release demonstrates scale of plastic pollution crisis & solutions for a zero waste future

Today, the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Break Free From Plastic movement published the international...

22 October 2019

Curbing sea-based pollution: guidance document for ambitious implementation of SUP & revised PRF directives

A guide to outline and analyse the main provisions of the SUP Directive and PRF...

17 October 2019

Dear President-elect von der Leyen

Rethink Plastic alliance and friends, wrote a welcome letter to von der Leyen for her...

15 October 2019

New report shows how EU countries can quit single-use plastics and switch to reusables 

Simple reusable solutions to throwaway plastic cups, plates, cutlery and takeaway boxes are working across...

10 October 2019

Moving away from single use: guide for national decision makers to implement the single-use plastics directive

A guide to outline and analyse the main provisions of the SUP Directive, providing civil...

11 July 2019

EU court confirms plastics chemical BPA as substance of ‘very high concern’

Supply chain and consumers must know about BPA presence in products

3 June 2019

EU’s move to ban microplastics under attack from chemicals industry

Despite the breadth of the environmental disaster caused by microplastics, the chemical industry is lobbying...

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