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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!

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17 November 2021

European Commission acknowledges the EU’s plastic waste trade crisis with proposal, but falls short of bringing appropriate response

The European Commission’s proposal strengthens current rules on EU plastic waste exports, but environmental NGOs...

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3 November 2021

NGOs to EU Commission: too much space for ‘cooking the books’ in current proposal for the method to count recycled plastic content

ECOS and Rethink Plastic alliance campaigners send a letter to European Commission and consultancy firm...

21 September 2021

#ChasingPellets documentary reveals huge pellet pollution in the Mediterranean

Rethink Plastic alliance member Surfrider Europe, and Good Karma Projects present their #ChasingPellets documentary, narrating...

14 September 2021

Now is the time to slay the EU plastic waste dragon!

The Break Free From Plastic (BFFP) movement, the Rethink Plastic alliance (RPa), Zero Waste Europe (ZWE), the Environmental Investigation...

31 August 2021

Adequate and effective producer responsibility can help make sustainable products the norm, new report finds

A new report from the Ecologic Institute, commissioned by the Rethink Plastic alliance and the...

15 July 2021

Italy reported to EU over plastics law failure

Environment experts have reported the Italian government to the EU authorities after its new law...

8 July 2021

Nearly half of ‘green’ claims on plastic products could be misleading – A study of green claims on plastic products

Analysts from ECOS and the Rethink Plastic alliance have examined the claims made on 82...

6 July 2021

Realising Reuse Report: reusable packaging target of 50% in key sectors could drastically reduce CO2 emissions, water consumption and waste

A reusable packaging target of 50% by 2030 in the EU for three key sectors...

1 July 2021

Single-use plastics pollution: where does Europe stand?

Today, the Rethink Plastic alliance and the Break Free From Plastic movement released two reports,...

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