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Financial Firms Call For Ambitious Action On Plastic Pollution

A group of 160 financial companies has urged governments to agree a treaty to end plastic pollution that would help spur private sector action, ahead of th...

220m Tonnes Of Plastic Waste Set To Be Generated This Year

Some 220 million tonnes of plastic waste is set to be generated in 2024, a new report from EA Earth Action has found, equating to around 28 kilograms for e...

More Ambitious Measures Required To Tackle Plastic Waste, Says Ellen MacArthur Foundation

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has said that around 20 trillion flexible packaging items, such as wrappers, pouches and sachets, will end up in the ocean b...

China, Japan Leading The Way In Innovative Plastic Technologies, Study Finds

China and Japan are leading the way in terms of developing innovative plastic technologies, a new study by GovGrant has found, with this sector tripling in...

Earth Action Calls For Urgent Efforts On Plastic Waste On 'Plastic Overshoot Day'

Today, 28 July, is 'Plastic Overshoot Day', the point of the year where the amount of plastic waste generated exceeds the world’s capacity to manage...

Elopak's Thomas Körmendi On How Cartons Can Be A Catalyst For Plastic Reduction

UN climate negotiators should focus on reducing plastic consumption. Beverage cartons are one way to do this, says Thomas Körmendi.

Recycling 'Not The Answer' To Solving The Plastic Crisis, Says Group

Increased plastic recycling is "not the answer" to solving the planet's plastic crisis, the co-founder of action group A Plastic Planet, Sian Sut...

Single-Use Plastic Waste Rises From 2019 To 2021, Despite Pledges

Polluting single-use plastic production rose by six million tonnes per year from 2019 to 2021 despite tougher worldwide regulations, with producers making...