A new two-part investigation by The Guardian, found here in part one and part two, has exposed the hidden consequences of the UK’s plastic waste exports to Türkiye. The investigation was informed by EIA analysis and traced thousands of tonnes of UK plastic waste sent for recycling in Adana, Türkiye, revealing how exported plastic is […]
We are grateful for the additional contributions to this blog from Solomon Njoroge In December, I travelled to Kenya’s Dandora dumpsite outside the capital Nairobi with colleagues from EIA. We were there with a specific purpose – to understand what synthetic textile exports look like at the end of their journey. We did not […]
Plastic pollution has now been found in Antarctic sea ice, which has far-reaching consequences for the health of the planet and underlines the need for a global treaty the tackle it
With the legal responsibility to protect the natural environment of England, The Environment Agency could be doing a lot more to tackle the second largest source of marine microplastic pollution – plastic pellets. Pellets are the raw material of the entire plastics industry and are melted and moulded into every plastic product in existence. These […]
It’s time to put on our boots, trek to the nearest beach and dig around for plastic pellets in the fight against plastic pollution
Whether you like it or not, single-use plastic must go. Yes, it can be useful, it can be convenient, cheap and easy to produce – but it’s harming the planet and surely that’s reason enough to get rid of it?