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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!

16 January 2024

The Plastic Pellet Crisis Exposes Weakness in proposed EU Regulation

Open Letter to the Members of the European Parliament

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18 December 2023

Council position sparks hope for packaging law, NGOs call on institutions for stronger commitment to prevention and reuse in trilogues

The EU environment ministers agreed on a general approach for the Packaging and Packaging Waste...

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22 November 2023

Parliament trashes EU hopes to reduce packaging waste, siding with throwaway industry

Brussels, 22 November 2023 For immediate distribution

21 November 2023

In Strasbourg, environmental NGOs join at the European Parliament, packaging in hand

A happening to raise MEPs' awareness before the European Parliament's plenary vote on the Packaging...

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17 November 2023

Important step towards ending waste colonialism: EU agrees to ban the export of its plastic waste to non-OECD countries

Brussels, 17 November 2023 For immediate distribution

8 November 2023

Prevention and reuse – the only solution to record levels of packaging waste

Levels of packaging waste in Europe are at an all-time high. Over the last decade,...

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6 November 2023

180,000 sign petition for a ban on EU plastic waste trade exports

Today, the Rethink Plastic alliance, the Environmental Investigation Agency, the #BreakFreeFromPlastic movement, Eko, and WeMove...

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24 October 2023

Lead European Parliament committee dilutes Commission packaging law proposal with countless concessions to fast-food industry

After months of difficult negotiations with heavy industry pressure in the background, the ENVI committee...

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23 October 2023

Right-wing coalition and fast-food lobby aim to further sabotage new EU packaging law

The latest official Eurostat data revealed that Europe’s packaging waste crisis had reached a new record of...