Tag: plastic-packaging

The global plastic waste trade is an environmental disaster hiding in plain sight, fuelling organised crime, working conditions that amount to human rights violations and devastation to human health and the environment.

Evidencing illegalities in the global plastic waste trade. In the first of this two-part report, we reveal the latest scam: exploiting the UK‘s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme for packaging recycling with discarded wheelie bins. Despite the efforts of law enforcement agencies to track and dismantle illegal operations, the ongoing consequences of illegal trade inflicts devastating harm to human health and the environment.

Ever wondered what happens to the soft plastic that you return to the supermarket for recycling…? A new investigation from Everyday Plastic and EIA UK reveals the hard truth about soft plastic recycling points at supermarkets.

While more than two thirds of countries have come out in support of starting negotiations for a new global plastics agreement, the U.S. has been noticeably absent in its position on the issue until now.

To date, humans have produced a staggering 10 billion tonnes of plastics – much of which is polluting the natural environment and is likely to continue to do so for hundreds if not thousands of years

Two out of three Japanese citizens want a new international treaty to tackle the escalating problem of plastic pollution, but their Government is reluctant to commit