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!

cartoon of a supermarket
16 June 2021

#WeChooseReuse: Waste Trade and the importance of moving from single-use plastic to reuse

Levels of plastic production, consumption and use are hugely damaging. Reuse measures will enable their...

28 May 2021

The EU Climate Agenda’s major oversight: the link between the petrochemical industry and plastic production

In our series of virtual panels on Writing the New Story of Plastic, we spoke...

11 May 2021

Will the EU Methane Regulation ignore the climate polluter role of the petrochemical industry?

Fossil gas has long been touted as being the cleanest of fossil fuels as well...

cargo containers on ship
12 April 2021

The inherent problem with the global plastic waste trade

Plastic waste shipments have become an inconvenient truth that no one can ignore in a...

30 March 2021

It’s time for EU decision-makers to severely restrict the intentional use of microplastics

Between 75,000 and 300,000 tonnes of microplastics are released into the environment each year in...

3 March 2021

Italian Company Caught Illegally Dumping Plastic and other Municipal Waste in Tunisia

Demand for the EU and Italy to Ensure Wastes are Returned Immediately

25 February 2021

Major loopholes found in new EU plan to ban microplastic

Pollution reduction target impossible to meet without improvements, NGOs warn

24 February 2021

The Movement Towards a Global Treaty on Plastic

Where our plastics end up and who they affect is a problem that can not...

27 January 2021

The European Parliament wants faster and further action on plastic pollution, so do we!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Brussels, 27th January 2021

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