Learn to Build Effective Deposit and Return Systems (2025) Published: 18 May 2025 Tool & Online course This educational initiative equips participants with the knowledge and tools needed to understand, design, and implement effective Deposit and Return Systems (DRS). Through interactive courses led by experts, they will gain a comprehensive understanding of how DRS works and how to develop context-specific solutions for sustainable waste management and circular economy models.
Emissions Unleashed: The Climate Crisis and America’s Petrochemical Boom Published: 24 October 2024 Report The report exposes the climate footprint of the planned petrochemical buildout in America. It identifies the most climate-damaging projects and products, demonstrates carbon capture’s inability to significantly mitigate emissions, and uncovers how taxpayers are being misled into funding polluting projects sold as ‘climate solutions.’
Reuse Solutions Published: 25 June 2024 Website This website explains reuse and reuse systems, shares success stories and provides resources. It also offers a call to action for individuals and organizations.
Clean-ups or cleanwashing? How plastic pollution cleanup technology can actually harm the environment and obstruct policy progress (2023) Published: 5 December 2023 Briefing Paper Plastic clean-ups have proliferated in response to the growing plastic crisis. Such clean-ups may involve large-scale unsupervised methods of plastic collection that do not discriminate between aquatic life, plastic and organic matter. As a result, the rise of these plastic cleanup technologies has raised red flags in civil society and academia.
Nurdle Hub Published: 1 December 2023 Website The Nurdle Hub proposes solutions to plastic pellet pollution and offers a variety of resources and initiatives in order to tackle nurdle pollution.
The Great Nurdle Hunt Published: 1 December 2023 Website, Toolkit The Great Nurdle Hunt is Fidra’s flagship project working to end nurdle pollution. We provide the tools and information so that anyone can contribute to, and build evidence of this, issue.
The Economics of Reuse Systems (2023) Published: 29 July 2023 Study Reusable packaging will likely become more economically viable, with faster return on investments. In providing more clarity on costs and benefits, this study intends to inform decision-makers in business and policymakers to confidently support reuse.
UNEA Resolution 5/14 entitled “End plastic pollution: Towards an international legally binding instrument” (2022) Published: 28 July 2023 UNEP-Programme The official document of resolution 5/14 "End plastic pollution: towards an international legally binding instrument", adopted by the United Nations Environment Assembly on 2 March 2022.
Unpacked! Plastic, waste, & me Published: 27 December 2022 Book The digital edition of the book includes all infographics, facts, and stories on a website.
The Plastic Atlas: Facts & Figures about the World of Synthetic Polymers - Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Watch on YouTube This external content requires your consent. Please note our privacy policy. Video Plastic Atlas (2021) The Plastic Atlas has the hard facts, data and figures to prove that the story of plastic that industry is telling us is a myth.
The Plastic Problem - A PBS NewsHour Documentary - PBS NewsHour Watch on YouTube This external content requires your consent. Please note our privacy policy. Film The Plastic Problem The documentary looks at plastic and how it’s impacting the world and what potential alternatives or solutions are out there.