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!

26 March 2026

Unpacking the EU’s packaging regulations – best practices for packaging standards

Implementing the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), now depends on technical rules and...

18 March 2026

Rethink Plastic provides feedback on the evaluation of the Single-Use Plastics Directive

The Rethink Plastic Alliance submitted its feedback to the European Commission’s Call for Evidence on...

27 January 2026

From Waste to Product? We answer your questions on the EU’s proposal for End-Of-Waste Criteria

To support its transition to a circular economy, the EU wants to boost the use...

15 January 2026

European Commission embraces problematic “chemical recycling” technologies despite their harmful environmental impacts and low yields 

Brussels, 15th January 2026

27 November 2025

Rethink Plastic Alliance Joins Call to Protect the Integrity of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

The European Commission must protect the integrity of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation! We...

7 November 2025

Rethink Plastic provides feedback on the Circular Economy Act

The Rethink Plastic Alliance is advocating for a Circular Economy Act that truly rises to...

21 October 2025

Plastic pellet regulation: the Rethink Plastic alliance welcomes the EU Parliament’s green light

Press Release 10.20.2025 | For immediate release

22 September 2025

Rethink Plastic provides feedback on the Environmental Omnibus

Input from the Rethink Plastic alliance on the Commission’s initiative to simplify and streamline administrative...

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...