Tag: marine-plastic-pollution

This week, delegates and experts from around the world are meeting in Geneva to consider ways to address the plastic pollution crisis..

Here are the some of the craziest places where plastic has already been found on our planet, in a wake-up call that should set alarm-bells ringing.

Biodegradable and compostable plastics do not prevent plastic pollution and should not be an excuse to keep consuming single-use plastics, the European Parliament has recognised in a vote. The Parliament voted to strengthen the European Commission’s plans to slash plastic pollution under ECOS

The European Parliament’s Environment Committee voted to strengthen the European Commission’s overall plans to cut plastic pollution under its Plastics Strategy. The Environment Committee called for a number of measures that go beyond the Commission’s original proposals

The European Commission is tackling plastic pollution with new laws to reduce throwaway single-use plastics. The proposal sets a number of different policy measures to tackle these problematic single-use products, from bans and reduction efforts to labelling and extended producer responsibility schemes

Launching its long-awaited 25-year environment plan yesterday, the UK Government set out a series of actions intended to reduce marine plastic pollution, with the target of eliminating avoidable plastic waste by the end of 2042