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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!

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...

21 May 2019

Named: major brands ‘breaking EU chemical safety law’

Major cosmetics, food, medicine and plastic producers across Europe are breaking the law by using...

16 May 2019

Plastic is a part of the global climate crisis hiding in plain sight

Plastic has made the headlines over the last couple of years as a key environmental...

13 May 2019

UN decide to control global plastic waste dumping

Major Plastic Waste Producers Must Get Consent Before Exporting their Toxic Trash to Global South

18 April 2019

EU: Plastic’s toxic chemicals to be recycled into new generations of consumer products

Updated EU regulation allows higher levels of toxic recycling

29 March 2019

Time for the EU to get major on microplastic pollution and clamp down on “mermaid tears”

Also known as "mermaid tears", tiny plastic pellets are a primary source of microplastic pollution,...

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