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Beach artists are making enormous protest artworks urging us to #breakfreefromplastic. A project lead by Rethink Plastic members EEB and Surfrider Foundation Europe.
Artists have created enormous etchings on beaches across Europe during April to protest against plastic pollution.
A rise in plastic food packaging is failing to reduce Europe’s growing food waste problem, and in some cases may even be fueling it, report Friends of the Earth Europe and Zero Waste Europe.
Reduction, redesign, better management: the 3 key steps to stop plastic pollution for good, on Rethink Plastic’s flyer
Plastic is so fantastic that it is now everywhere, and causing problems. With the oil industry investing billions into enormous new production plants, we need change, say EEB and Rethink Plastic.
Plastic bottles and their caps are among the top ten litter items most frequently found along
coastlines, in the marine environment and in rivers. Surfrider Foundation Europe has launched the campaign Reset Your Habits to tackle this source of pollution.
What if we didn’t have to clean the environment up in the first place? Surfrider Foundation Europe and the Rethink Plastic alliance calls for legal measures to stop plastic pollution at source.
Over 650,000 citizens signed the petition promoted by Rethink Plastic and partners to call on the EU for an ambitious plastic strategy.
Zero Waste Europe’s policy paper looks at existing alternatives to short-lived plastic applications, and calls for reduction targets for single-use plastics.