Category: NGO & Activism
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New Mexico NGOs Against Chemical Recycling
Letter To Governor Grisham About Chemical Recycling, January 17, 2023
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Net Zero Insurance Alliance Fails to set Sufficient Climate Targets for its Members
The Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) Target-Setting Protocol, launched today at the World Economic Forum, lacks ambition and opens the door to corporate greenwashing according to the Insure Our Future campaign.
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GAIA Launches Zero Waste Journalists Network to Investigate Environmental Issues
Gaia Asia Pacific Gathers Environmental News Reporter Via The Zero Waste Journalists Network
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Greenwashing Categorisation
Greenwashing Growing Increasingly Sophisticated, Says Planet Tracker. New report from financial think tank examines the different forms greenwashing is taking and the associated global scrutiny
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117 Organisations Urge New York to Reject Chemical Recycling
On the eve of a new legislative session starting in January, more than 117 New York organizations called on the New York State Legislature to reject state legislation that promotes the burning of plastics, also known as “chemical recycling.”
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Oceana Calls on Amazon to Reduce its Plastic Footprint
Matt Littlejohn of Oceana says his group is asking Amazon to reduce its plastic footprint to reduce ocean pollution
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Belgian NGO is Recycling Human Hair to Protect the Environment
A Belgian NGO has discovered a way to recycle hair collected from hairdressers to preserve the environment. The Hair Recycle Project uses machines to turn locks and braids into matted squares that can be used to absorb oil and other hydrocarbons that harm the environment or be turned into bio-composite bags.
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WWF Plastic Progress Report 2022
Today, World Wildlife Fund’s ReSource: Plastic program released its third annual public report, Transparent 2022, revealing how some of the world’s largest brands are measuring up to their commitments to tackle the plastic waste crisis.
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First Commercially Available Recycled Ocean Plastic Pellets in North America
OLF produces first commercially available plastic pellet – Legacy Plastic™
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How Microplastics Differ Across Atlantic Ocean?
New study demonstrates how microplastic particles differ across the Atlantic Ocean
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Environmental Investigation Agency on COP 27
CoP27 – the good, the bad and the ugly at the international UN climate summit in Egypt
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Joint statement from Industry and Civil Society on Packaging and Packaging Waste Legislation
Commission must not bow to industry lobbying on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation revision — When they say “civil society”, do they mean NGOs financed by the industry?
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Fashion Brands Linked to Russian Oil
Fashion brands’ hidden links to Russian oil in a time of war
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4ocean Reviews Strategies for Addressing the Ocean Plastic Crisis
4ocean reviews small-scale and large-scale solutions to reduce plastic pollution
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EMF Global Commitments Report 2022
Led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, in collaboration with the UN Environment Programme, the Global Commitment has united more than 500 organisations behind a common vision of a circular economy for plastics. Big brands fail their own voluntary commitment to eliminate plastic pollution.
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Plastic Recycling Will Never Work Says Greenpeace
New Greenpeace Report: Plastic Recycling Is A Dead-End Street. Year After Year, Plastic Recycling Declines Even as Plastic Waste Increases — Now the word “circular” is in the line of fire to. To be honest with you, I start to have my doubts about plastic circularity.
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Just Zero Nonprofit Launched
Just Zero, a new nonprofit advocacy organization focused on tackling our country’s waste crisis has officially launched.
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Legal Actions Against Big Food for Plastic Pollution
Duty of Vigilance: Nestlé, Danone, others on legal notice over threadbare plastics approach
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Greenpeace Links Colonialism to Waste Export
The legacy of colonialism has ensured racism and the environmental emergency are inextricably linked. A new report by the Runnymede Trust and Greenpeace explores the impact of this discrimination and provides a rallying call for environmental justice — This is a new milestone for Greenpeace; they’re changing their narrative and becoming sharper in their analysis…
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Legal Actions Against Ineos Plant in Antwerp
Lawyers at ClientEarth, together with 13 NGOs, have taken the Flemish authorities to court to block petrochemicals giant INEOS’ plastics project, its biggest ever investment, in the Port of Antwerp, Belgium.
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NGOs Sue California County for Biofuel Plants
Communities for a Better Environment and the Center for Biological Diversity sued Contra Costa County on Tuesday over its rushed approval of two proposed biofuel refineries in the Bay Area using incomplete and misleading environmental reviews — Biofuel plants are heavy industries. You don’t want them in your street.
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First National Leadership Environmental Sustainability Scorecard (FREE)
Clean Up Kenya will this Sunday, 5th June 2022, on World Environment Day, commence the releasing of a National Leadership Environmental Sustainability Scorecard focusing on the work of Members of Parliament in constituencies over the last five years. This is a FREE article
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ZWE on Changes to EU Renewable Energy and Emission Trading
Zero Waste Europe endorses ENVI Commitee decisions on RED III and ETS
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40 NGOs Ask to End EU Biofuel Support
RePowerEU: 40 NGOs demand EU to end support for bioenergy made from agricultural crops and forest biomass
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Ocean Conservancy Wants to Regulate Chemical Recycling
Ocean Conservancy Spearheads Congressional Push for EPA Regulation of Chemical Recycling
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WWF on Biodegradable and Compostable Plastics
Is biodegradable and compostable plastic good for the environment? Not necessarily
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California Plastic Battle is Not Over
Environmentalists are trying to bypass Legislature
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Bioplastics Could Cause Harm Says Hong Kong NGO
Biodegradable plastics can actually cause harm, says Hong Kong green group
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Bill Gates Involved in Shady Palm Oil Plantations
Another shady deal … à la Bill Gates.
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Net Zero Greenwashing by Worlds Largest Corporations
Major companies largely fail net zero climate pledge test
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NGO Brings EU to Court over Bioplastics
Legal proceedings will start against EU taxonomy
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Scientists Ask FDA to Ban BPA
A petition to ban BPA from food packaging was sent by a group of doctors, scientists, and health and environmental organizations to FDA
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Belgian NGO Petition on PFAS Waste Management
Belgian NGO petition regarding the management and processing of PFAS waste
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WWF Position on Chemical Recycling
WWF Position: Chemical Recycling Implementation Principles
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NGO Front Against Belgian Ineos Plant
Fresh legal action launched to block Ineos plastics project in Belgium ‘once and for all’
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Shell Carbon Capture Plant Fiasco
Shell’s fossil hydrogen plant in Canada found to be emitting more climate-wrecking gases than it is capturing
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Campaign Against Influence Fossil Fuel in Universities
Campaign against involvement of fossil fuel companies in Singapore Universities
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PEF Not So Sustainable Says NGO
Wonder Plastic PEF Will Not Yet Help Solve The Plastic Soup says Plastic Soup Foundation
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Tesco is Biggest Forest Destroyer
Tesco is the UK’s worst supermarket for forest destruction says Greenpeace
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Amazon Plastic Impact Exposed
Group calls on Amazon to commit to reduce use of plastic packaging worldwide, as it has announced it will do in Germany and India
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Dow and WasteAid Partner on Circular Economy in Egypt
Dow and WasteAid launch new plastics partnership in Egypt
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Justice for Waste Pickers in Kenya (FREE)
Clean Up Kenya has teamed up with Nairobi Recyclers to launch a ‘Justice for Waste Pickers’ campaign to draw attention to the plight of informal waste pickers across the country and to push the government to institute legislative and structural interventions to address this urgent problem.
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Amnesty International on Carbon Markets
Cop26: States Risk Bulldozing Human Rights Of People Most Affected By The Climate Crisis
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Ocean Plastic Harvester Completes Prototype Testing
Ocean “Plastic Harvester” Completes Prototype Testing
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Greenpeace Report on Indonesia Palm Oil Industry
One in five hectares of palm oil in Indonesia is criminal. I think it’s more!
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Net Zero is Ultimate Greenwashing Says NGOs
Over 700 Civil Society Groups Demand Real Climate Solutions, Not Net-Zero Promises
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The Benefits of Ocean Plastic Pollution
What if ocean plastic waste was actually a good thing? There’s science, a movement and a petition.
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Philippines Government Sued over Plastic Pollution
Oceana, youth, fisherfolk, local lawmakers and former senator sue National Solid Waste Management Commission on plastic pollution
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Science and China Can Stop Climate Change not Politicians or Activists (FREE)
The latest article by Betterman Simidi Musasia, Founder and Patron of Clean Up Kenya – Science and China holds the key to stopping the climate change clock, not politicians or activists. This is a FREE article
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WWF on US School Food Recovery Act
WWF Statement on the US House Introduction of the 2021 School Food Recovery Act
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NGO Campaign to Ban Fossil Fuel Ads and Sponsorship
Let’s ban fossil fuel ads and sponsorships for good says Greenpeace
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Retailers Face Legal Action on Plastic
Supermarkets could face legal action for failure to act on plastic says ClientEarth
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First PET Pollution in Kenya Report Expected (FREE)
First national pollution brand audit report to be launched in Kenya. This is a FREE article
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Dow Partners on Commercial Ecological Social Development in Amazon Rainforest
Dow announces strategic collaboration with Natura for Project Ybá in Brazil – a model of sustainable commercial-ecological-social development in the Amazon Rainforest
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WWF Japan and TerraCycle Partner on Fishing Nets
WWF Japan and Terra Cycle to start collecting and recycling waste fishing nets
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Net Zero Target Will Lead to Humanitarian Disaster Says Oxfam
‘Net zero’ carbon targets are dangerous distractions from the priority of cutting emissions says new Oxfam report
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Was NL Balloon Release in Tokyo Misplaced?
NGOs are not amused with this. Can you still release balloons in 2021?
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Domtar to be Acquired by Deforestation Group
Domtar to be acquired by famous deforestation company. UPM buys Lignin from Domtar
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NGOs File Complaint Against Italy for Unlawful Transposition EU SUP Directive
Italy has been protecting national interests in the transposition of EU SUP directive
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Chemical Recycling is Plastic Incineration Says NGO
NGO believes chemical recycling is greenwashing term for plastic incineration
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Oceana Canada Calls for Ban on Compostable Plastics
Bioplastics, including so-called compostable plastics, are showing up in grocery aisles, restaurants and even office supply stores. But are these products actually a solution to the plastic pollution crisis?
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Most Sustainability Claims by Fashion Giants Are Greenwash
This report investigates the behaviour of some of the biggest fashion brands and retailers regarding their use of synthetic fibres and transparency about doing so
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NGO Report on Fake Solutions to Plastic Crisis
Report: Consumer goods companies are missing the mark with false solutions to the plastic pollution crisis
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Industry Trying to Circumvent NL Deposit Scheme
Starting today in The Netherlands, you can turn in small plastic bottles for a 15-cent deposit
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Legal Experts Suggest Definition of Ecocide
Global expert drafting panel reveals proposal for a fifth crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
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Ellen MacArthur Does Plastic Colonialism in Kenya (FREE)
NGO says Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a greenwashing platform doing plastic colonialism in Africa.
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New NGO Report on Rogue Palm Oil Producer
Following companies are named: Unilever, Kao, Procter and Gamble, PepsiCo, Mondelēz, Nestlé and Colgate-Palmolive, ABN Amro, and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
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NGO Report on Human Rights and Environmental Abuses Corporate Lobbying
Corporate lobbyists are fighting a proposed EU law that seeks to hold companies accountable for human rights abuses and environmental destruction
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NGO Video on Chemical Recycling
Imagine if we could solve #plasticpollution with one miracle technology. Sound too good to be true? That’s because it is. Here are 5 things plastic polluters don’t want you to know about chemical “recycling.”
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Amazon Plastic Problem
Oceana: Amazon (AMZN) plastic problem set to skyrocket with Prime Day booming sales
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NGO Sues Coca Cola for Greenwashing (FREE)
Earth Island Institute Files Lawsuit Against Coca-Cola for False Advertising.
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NGO Accuses Coca Cola of Greenwashing through The Ocean Cleanup (FREE)
Coca-Cola funds endless cleanups, but doesn’t prevent more plastic bottles ending up in our oceans.
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Malaysia Complicit of Deforestation (FREE)
Time has come to leave your comfort zone and join the fight against deforestation. Once the trees are gone, it’s over.
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Greenpeace Asks South Korea to go Green
We urge the P4G to promptly raise the GHG reduction target
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Health Hazard of Natural Fibres Packaging, NGO Report
European consumer organisations call for action on single-use tableware made of alternatives to plastic
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Shell Loses NGO Climate Change Lawsuit
Shell lost NL court case against NGOs and has been ordered to reduce its carbon emissions in order to protect the environment from climate change. Here’s the statement of Shell
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NGO Condemns Dirty Global Waste Trade
The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) Asia Pacific together with #breakfreefromplastic is holding a media briefing today on the ongoing plastic waste trade
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Role of Associations and NGO in EU Plastic Waste Management
BIO-PLASTICS EUROPE project EVENT: “Plastic Waste management in European Cities – Key Role of Associations and NGOs”
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Indian NGO Lobbies for Compostable Bags
Action Group Against Plastic Pollution (AGAPP), an NGO-based in Jalandhar, has urged the government to facilitate a smooth transition from plastics to compostable bags by all users in the state
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Eco Entreprises Quebec Warns Against Compostable Plastic Packaging
Éco Entreprises Québec cautions against compostable and biodegradable plastic packaging
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Plastic Bank Stops A Billion Bottles Entering Ocean
Plastic Bank® Changes the World by Stopping One Billion Bottles of Ocean Plastic
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Total Replies to Reclaim Finance and Greenpeace
Total took note of the report: “Total fait du sale: La finance complice?” published by Reclaim Finance and Greenpeace
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WWF Statement on Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act
WWF issued the following statement
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Greenpeace Supermarket Plastic Ranking
How does your favorite supermarket rank when it comes to reducing the plastic pollution flooding our oceans, waterways, and communities?
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Shady Plastic Credit and Offset Schemes Report
As more companies and governments make commitments to address plastic pollution, several plastic offset claims and credit schemes have emerged
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Central Banks Are Greenwashing
The Network For Greening the Financial System (NGFS) needs to revise its scenarios to avoid climate inaction says NGOs
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NGO Plastic Report Sent to Biden and Congress
New report by #BreakFreeFromPlastic member organizations and allies identifies 13 solutions to reduce the environmental and health impacts of plastics, as well as five false solutions that should not receive federal funding
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GreenPeace Report on CO2 Capture
Limiting global warming to 1.5˚C above preindustrial levels will require global CO2 emissions to reach net zero by around 2050, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) — ECHO INSTRUMENTS supplies Technology to Measure Biodegradation of Bioplastics
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Open Letter Urges UK Gov not to Backtrack on Green Policies
Open letter urges government not to backtrack on green policies
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Bank Lending to Plastics Industry Faces Scrutiny
Bank lending to plastics industry faces scrutiny as pollution concerns mount
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Greenpeace Report on Bioplastics in China
Here’s the report from Greenpeace on Bioplastics in China
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Massive US Anti Plastic Campaign
Hundreds Of Environmental Groups Call For ‘Presidential Plastics Action Plan’
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Marine Conservation Society Campaign for Microfibre Filters
Marine Conservation Society calls for microfibre filters in washing machines to slow the tide of ocean plastic
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Anti Plastic Sachet Campaign
Campaigners call for UK and EU bans on plastic ‘sample’ sachets. Personal and home care sectors use an estimated 122bn sachets a year and few are recycled
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