Food

A new report from Alaska Community Action on Toxics and IPEN finds that chemicals, plastics, and climate change are interrelated and threaten Arctic Peoples and lands. These forces have combined to poison lands, waters, and traditional foods of Arctic Indigenous Peoples, with ongoing health effects that threaten their cultures and communities.

Research from IPEN and BAN reveals dire human exposure and food chain contamination from highly toxic plastics in waste in Ghana, including toxic recycled e-waste shipped from Europe.

Report on the toxic threats from waste incinerator ash that, which is generated at a rate of millions of tons every year includes analysis of global scale of toxic ash and other residues from waste incineration contain dioxins, furans (PCDD/Fs) and a range of other highly toxic POPs at levels which are a threat to human health and the environment.

Plastics and food packaging contain chemical contaminants from manufacturing along with many additives. Many of these additives are toxic and they leak from products during use and can be released during recycling and from recycled products. This study focuses on persistent organic pollutants (POPs), whose releases are closely linked to plastic waste. 

The publication provides information on the health and environmental risks of commonly used FCMs, including plastics, paper, board, and bio-based materials. It also assesses the regulatory shortcomings enabling these risks, and provides recommendations for policy makers. Available in English, French, Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese.

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.

When it comes to packaging for food and beverages, misconceptions about its relation to food hygiene, health concerns, and food waste have been spread by the interested industry for some time. This factsheet aims to bust some of the most common myths.

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.

The report exposes the growing use of microplastics in agrochemical products, the industry’s promotion of this practice, and its threats to human health and the environment.

This study zooms in on single-use plastics and looks at the structure of the plastics industry, the players involved and the financial risks that the plastic crisis generates.