Category: NGO & Activism
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New Threat for Plastic Industry
This may become one of the most important problems for the plastic industry in the medium term.
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NGOs Send Anti Bioplastic Letter to EU Commission
The industry has continuously attempted to exempt bio-based and biodegradable plastics from being defined as single-use plastics, as well as more recently to exempt items made of viscose and cellophane from the scope (and could succeed), despite the protests of citizens
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NGO Block Construction of Plastic Plant
One of the largest plastic plant may not be build thanks to the opposition of NGOs. It may set jurisprudence.
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Greenpeace Against Chemical Recycling
Deception by the Numbers: Claims about Chemical Recycling Don’t Hold Up to Scrutiny
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Exiting the Bottled Water Industry
Australian organisation exits the bottled water industry …”to reduce the impact that single-use bottled water has on the planet, well, we have no other option but to leave it behind.”
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NGO Recommendations on Chemical Recycling Legislation
Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) and the Rethink Plastic Alliance (RPa) published a policy briefing on 7 steps to effectively legislate on chemical recycling.
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Wales Charity Launches Plastic Challenge Campaign
Plastics and litter in our canals and rivers are part of a much bigger global problem. The good news is that it’s the little things you do on your doorstep that can make a world of difference.
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NGO Policy Brief on Plastic to Fuels
The revised Renewable Energy Directive1 (REDII) establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources in the electricity, heating and cooling, and transport sectors for the 2021-2030 period.
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Mitsui Supports Startup to Reduce Ocean Plastic
Mitsui Chemicals today announced that it has selected three innovative Asian startups to receive support under the Asia–Pacific Low-Carbon Lifestyles Challenge (APLCLC), a program run by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP; Nairobi, Kenya; Executive Director: Inger Andersen).
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Body Shop Cleans Beaches in Philippines
Conscious of the social and environmental problems the society of today exposes its inhabitants, The Body Shop has been one of the pioneers of sustainability. With that, it constantly seeks for new projects in order to help the world we live in.
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Comments on the Project Drawdown
The ban on single-use plastics in Canada will come into effect in 2021, which has prompted the following question: how do we replace the plastics that have become so integrated into our lives?
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Bioplastics in the Drawdown Project
Most plastics are made from fossil fuels, but bioplastics utilize plants as an alternative source of carbon. They often have lower emissions and sometimes biodegrade.
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Clariant Cooperation with the Plastic Bank
The Plastic Bank is a social enterprise and economic development firm that empowers disenfranchised communities to exchange any type of plastic waste for currency.
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WWF and the Plastic Waste Business
Let’s have a look at the plastic waste business of WWF.
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Clear on Plastics Campaign To Educate UK Citizens
Cutting through the confusion on plastic packaging! Clear on Plastics is a campaign brought to you by WRAP, the sustainability not-for-profit, and supported by The UK Plastics Pact.
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Campaign Against Plastic Sachets
Calls for sachets to be included in UK and European legislation banning other single-use items.
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Compostable Plastic on Plastic Wall of Shame
Tim Hortons, Starbucks, Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Snapple, Loblaws, and Booster Juice are the first seven companies to be featured on the Plastic Wall of Shame. Loblaws is blamed for using compostable plastics.
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Greenpeace Netherlands Analyses Bioplastics
It’s bursting with plastic in the supermarkets. In addition to ‘normal’ plastic, you will find more and more products that are packaged in so-called ‘bioplastic’. Is bioplastic the solution for our plastic crisis?
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Coca-Cola Setting Dangerous Precedent with SUP Definition
NGOs claim Coca-Cola is setting a dangerous precedent with its definition of single-use.
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German Consumer Group Give First Blow to Bamboo Biocomposites
Makers of bamboo cups claim their products are reusable and ecologically friendly. German consumer group Stiftung Warentest tested 12 brands of bamboo-based containers and argues that it’s best to avoid them.
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Bio-Based Plastic Street Activity Helps Children to Make their Own Plastic
The transition to a bio-based economy starts by raising already young children’s awareness.
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WWF Launch Anti-Plastic Campaign
WWF Launch ‘Your Plastic Diet’. WWF wants a treaty to address plastic pollution through international cooperation.
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