Single-use Plastic

The report looks into the sachet economy in the Philippines that continues to add to and worsen the growing plastics pollution problem, showing how the big businesses corrupted Filipino’s tingi culture. It explores the public attitude towards plastic pollution and presents new findings and recommendations for companies and policymakers.

This report looks behind the scenes of corporate strategies to keep on polluting and urges companies to deplastify now. Thisrequires transitioning from plastics (particularly linear / singleuse plastics) to sustainable alternative materials and systems ofconsumption, such as reuse and refill. 

The study aims to provide insight into the extent to which the environmental and social impacts of single-use plastics are integrated into ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) ratings, as well as the level of transparency exhibited by ESG rating providers. 

This report highlights the critical role of public authorities in advancing reuse systems for takeaway packaging. It shows that switching from single-use to reuse could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lower hidden costs like litter and carbon impacts.

The first edition of the European Reuse Barometer sets light on positive insights driving the reuse transition such as reuse industry growth and very engaged customers. However, the current fragmented and uncoordinated reuse ecosystem urgently needs to be streamlined and unified to achieve a true market transformation.

Sachets are a significant source of plastic pollution. This 4-pager looks at sachets in the context of the Global Plastics Treaty and explores how we can pivot to real, systemic solutions like reuse and refill systems.

The results of this survey demonstrate that there is overwhelming public support for the Global Plastics Treaty to cut plastic production, end single-use plastics and advance reuse-based solutions. This sends a strong message to the governments negotiating the Global Plastics Treaty.

This library on the global plastics treaty provides a wealth of publications, websites, and communication tools related to the plastics treaty negotiations.