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Regulation of Plastic Manufacturing

We need regulation at the local, national, and global levels to implement drastic reductions in plastic production and consumption. It is not enough to focus on waste disposal. Solutions must tackle plastic pollution at the source and prevent more plastic from entering the market. Governments need to hold polluting companies accountable, support reusable systems and zero waste concepts, and make our environment safe and toxic-free.

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Zero Waste City Manual

The main aim of the Zero Waste Cities Manual is to provide a practical guide for the implementation of a zero waste system that emphasises decentralisation, source segregation, resource recovery, and informal sector inclusion. The vision for a zero waste system is to minimise movement of solid waste generated to disposal sites or facilities.

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We Choose Reuse

The campaign pushes for ambitious and robust reuse solutions to the plastic pollution crisis. They engage with decision-makers, businesses, municipalities and the wider public to advocate for a future where reusable packaging is scaled up and robust reuse systems are put in place.

Website-Screenshot: The EU's Dirty Plastic Secret (2023)

The EU's Dirty Plastic Secret (2023)

This analysis reveals that the planned trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur will eliminate tariffs for plastics exports from the EU to South America – including tariffs for plastic items whose trade and use are banned in the EU in order to protect the environment and human health.

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Reduction and reuse in the PPWR

This padlet combines reports, policy briefs, analyses, fact sheets and other resources to call on MEPs to support ambitious waste prevention measures & reuse targets in the PPWR to address the triple planetary crisis.

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Disposable paper-based food packaging: the false solution to the packaging waste crisis (2023)

In the ongoing negotiations of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, the realities of disposable paper-based food packaging should not be ignored. Legislators must seize the opportunity to curb the growing levels of packaging waste driven by overreliance on single-use products.

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The need to set essential criteria for setting up managed pool systems (2022)

Well-managed pool systems for reusable packaging are a key instrument to make efficient and effective reuse systems work. This paper intends to provide guidance and policy proposals to take into account when creating EU legislation on reuse.

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Plastic Pollution and Poverty: A briefing to inform negotiations on a UN treaty on plastics (2022)

Plastic pollution is causing a social emergency, as well as an environmental one. The briefing looks at social impacts on different sectors and the vicious circle plastic pollution poses. It also identifies six key areas that need to be addressed by the treaty as part of the solution.

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Convention on Plastic Pollution - Plastic Treaty Essential Elements: Financial Aspects (2022)

This part of the Plastic Treaty Essential Elements series explains why the financial aspects of a global agreement on plastic pollution should be addressed head-on as an essential element to achieve its objectives.

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Convention on Plastic Pollution - Plastic Treaty Essential Elements: Virgin Plastic Production and Consumption (2022)

This part of the Plastic Treaty Essential Elements series reviews how existing control protocols could be adapted to virgin plastic polymers and thus provide an upstream global regulatory framework for addressing plastic pollution at the start of the plastic lifecycle.

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