100% Greenwash? Green Claims on PET Beverage Bottles in Europe (2023) Report This report explores the current state of PET-based bottle recycling in Europe, as well as its potential for improvement, alongside analysis of common claims made to consumers on bottle labels relating to recycling.
Unbottling Greenwashing: Lifting the lid on plastic bottle recycling claims (2023) Report Plastic water bottles are one of Europe’s most frequently purchased consumer products, a well-recognised source of plastic pollution and other environmental harm. Yet they remain widely promoted through claims relating to recycling. These claims are either vague, factually inaccurate, or otherwise not substantiated.
Uncovered: Unilever’s complicity in the plastics crisis and its power to solve it (2023) Report In this report, Greenpeace International exposes the blight of Unilever’s single-use sachets on low-income communities and the glaring gap that exists between what the company says it will do, and what it actually does.
Realising Reuse: The potential for scaling up reusable packaging and policy recommendations (2021) Briefing The study shows that under the right conditions including a supporting policy framework, reuse can thrive in the EU, and more importantly, it can reduce the environmental impacts of packaging and save companies as well as consumers money.
A Just Transition to Reusable Packaging: Necessary Conditions, Benefits and Best Practice (2022) Study This study looks beyond the environmental benefits of reuse and explores the potential socio-economic benefits, with a focus on the grocery retail and HoReCa (Hotel, Restaurant, Cafés) sectors.
Plastic Pollution and Poverty: A briefing to inform negotiations on a UN treaty on plastics (2022) Briefing Paper 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.
Convention on Plastic Pollution - Plastic Treaty Essential Elements: Financial Aspects (2022) Position Paper 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.
Convention on Plastic Pollution - Plastic Treaty Essential Elements: Virgin Plastic Production and Consumption (2022) Position Paper 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.
Winter is Coming: Plastic has to go (2022) Website A case for turning off the petrochemical industry’s plastic production tap to reduce European Union’s dependency on fossil fuels and Russia.
Combatting Global Plastic Pollution - Feminist Perspectives for a Gender-Just Approach (2023) Infobrief The infobrief takes a critical look at the entire plastics cycle from a feminist perspective. Every stage of the plastics cycle reflects different gender-specific experiences and exposures.