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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!

3 August 2020

Friends of the Earth Europe are moving on

In July 2020 Friends of the Earth Europe made the decision to reorient its efforts,...

22 July 2020

Plastic pollution: time to fightback plastic fake outs

With more than 400 million tonnes of plastic produced each year worldwide and our Blue...

16 July 2020

#BreakFreeFromPlastic urges EU countries to take rapid action to effectively transpose the single-use plastics Directive

An assessment from the #BreakFreeFromPlastic movement, released today, reveals that very few EU countries are...

16 July 2020

#BreakFreeFromPlastic midway assessment of EU countries transposition of single-use plastics Directive

As part of Plastic Free July, members of the Break Free From Plastic movement and...

7 July 2020

EU promotes greater global responsibility on plastic waste – but not for internal market!

Green Groups Denounce Europe's "Do As I Say, Not As I Do" Policy

3 July 2020

International Plastic Bag Free Day: the fight against plastic bag pollution at risk with European countries granting too many exemptions

EU Member State measures, which aim to cut the number of plastic bags used nationally,...

19 June 2020

Recovery funding should not go to waste

Today, European Heads of State and Government are meeting to discuss the Recovery Plan for...

15 May 2020

Single Use Plastics Directive: NGOs call on Commission and EU countries to resist attempts to undermine separate collection of plastic bottles

Deposit return systems (DRS) are the most effective way to reach the 90 percent collection...

13 May 2020

Deplorable moves from the industry: exploiting COVID-19 to turn back time and perpetuate plastic pollution!

The plastic industry has recently called for delaying or possibly even withdrawing recently adopted legislation...

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