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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!

18 September 2025

Catching up on the Commission’s Chemical Recycling plans 

While the (petro-)chemical industry has been heavily promoting chemical recycling as a viable and sustainable...

8 September 2025

Here is what you missed on plastics policy over the summer

It’s “la rentrée” in Brussels, as EU bubble staff are slowly trickling back into the...

24 August 2025

Rethink Plastic feedback on new rules for chemically-recycled content in plastic bottles

Input to the public consultation on the draft Implementing Decision laying down rules for recycled...

24 June 2025

Rethink Plastic and Environmental Paper Network’s response to the consultation on a revised EU Bioeconomy Strategy

The Rethink Plastic Alliance and the Environmental Paper Network welcome the opportunity toprovide feedback on...

8 May 2025

JRC’s flawed recycling study fails to support circular policy

Brussels, 8 May 2025

9 April 2025

EU agrees on new landmark plastic pellet regulation to reduce microplastic pollution, but remaining loopholes and delays likely to undermine overall impact

Press Release 09.04.2025 | For immediate release | Brussels, Belgium

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20 March 2025

New report unwraps solutions for EU countries to end the packaging waste crisis

Member States must step up efforts to ensure the EU meets its packaging waste goals,...

26 February 2025

Without addressing toxicity and pollution, the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal is just “clean-washing”

Today, the European Commission presented its much-awaited Clean Industrial Deal, a multi-year plan for Europe’s...

18 December 2024

Rethink Plastic alliance assesses Single-Use Plastics Directive implementation ahead of Commission evaluation

Rethink Plastic's 2024 evaluation of the directive, builds on the previous transposition and implementation assessments...

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