Fact Check: “Plastic pollution is the issue, not plastics themselves”
The day after INC-5 closed with no Treaty signed a delegate from a petro-state stated: “If you address plastic pollution, there should be no problem with producing plastics, because the problem is the pollution, not the plastics themselves.” This statement seems intuitively true, plastic pollution is an issue, and plastics alone don’t cause problems – […]
Enabling Corporate Plastic Disclosure – Unlocking private finance
A strategic roadmap to align corporate disclosures, investor practices, and global policies for mitigating plastic pollution and advancing a circular economy.
Evaluating Progress on Plastic Pollution Mitigation: Circularity & Plastic Footprint. Case study
This report evaluates the trajectory of plastic pollution from a company’s operations under varying scenarios of circularity actions and waste management strategies through to the year 2040.
Making the global plastics treaty work for micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs)
This study evaluates the potential impact of a robust, legally binding global plastics treaty on MSMEs.
The global apparel industry is a significant yet overlooked source of plastic leakage
This study is a comprehensive assessment of the global apparel industry’s contribution to plastic pollution.
Stopper l’avalanche de plastique en Suisse
Ce rapport propose une modélisation des fuites de plastiques en Suisse et des scénarios quantifiés de réduction de la pollution plastique d’ici 2040.
Plastic Overshoot Day: Report 2024
This comprehensive report offers a thorough assessment of the global impact of plastic pollution.
Leakage of microplastics into oceans and land
This report presents the most current and accurate results of microplastic leakage into the oceans and onto land.
Moving Towards Outcomes-Based Financial Mechanisms for Waste Prevention
This report delves into the strategic use of Outcomes-Based Waste Prevention (OBWP), a novel financial approach that rewards tangible decreases in plastic waste, to address the funding shortfall that hampers efforts to tackle plastic pollution effectively.
Adding it Up
This study introduces a new method of measuring the leakage of additives caused by mismanaged waste.
