Rethink Plastic

When it comes to implementing the #SingleUsePlastics Directive, there are clear leaders🥇 and laggards🐢... 👀Find out who in our new @RethinkPlastic evaluation the here: seas-at-risk.org/publications/e… @surfridereurope @zerowasteeurope @brkfreeplastic

Today, the @EUCouncil adopted a general approach on the Proposal for a Regulation aimed at preventing pellet losses to reduce #MicroplasticPollution. Read the full @RethinkPlastic reaction here: seas-at-risk.org/press-releases… @surfridereurope @EIA_News

Today, the European Council adopted a general approach on the Pellets Regulation. While there are some positive developments, gaps regarding robust external and independent control risk an effective implementation of the regulation. Read our reaction⤵️ rethinkplasticalliance.eu/news/regulatio…

The EU has been a frontrunner on #plastics policy, but a lot remains to be done! Please read our open letter in which we outline the measures @EU_Commission needs to take during this mandate to protect nature & health ⤵️ rethinkplasticalliance.eu/news/open-lett…

🇪🇺 New @EU_Commission ☣️Increasing and unregulated use of PFAS in industry and consumer products has led to widespread contamination in Europe 💦Water is one of the main human exposure pathways to #foreverchemicals 🚨EU #PFAS restriction is an urgent priority

BREAKING via @guardian Coca-Cola accused of quietly dropping its 25% reusable packaging target #BreakFreeFromPlastic theguardian.com/environment/20… - @horton_official

#BreakingNews: #PlasticsTreaty Talks Stall Despite Support for Production Cuts Country delegates failed to agree on a Global Plastics Treaty in Busan, additional session next year. Yet civil society groups vow to keep momentum alive for an ambitious treaty the world needs.

BREAKING 🚨 Observers react to state of #PlasticsTreaty negotiations and hold press conference in from of #INC5 calling countries to show #CourageNotCompromise - Read 👉 breakfreefromplastic.org/2024/11/29/cou… #BreakFreeFromPlastic @ciel_tweets @Greenpeace

🌍 Day 5 of the global #PlasticsTreaty negotiations in Busan: Hundreds gathered outside the talks, calling on leaders to act with #CourageNotCompromise & secure a treaty that meets the planet's urgent needs. On-the-ground updates from CIEL’s @Davzoul. Watch now 👇

Plastic is toxic ☠️ from its production up to its disposal, leaving a lasting mark on communities around the globe. 🌍 We need to have a global #plasticstreaty that ensures voices of frontline communities are heard in the #INC5 negotiations. 🧵 #BreakFreeFromPlastic

Why are plastic offsets and credits a dangerous distraction from an ambitious and legally binding global #plasticstreaty? A 🧵 #BreakFreeFromPlastic #INC5

Day 4, INC5 - Diplomacy #101 We're on Day 4 of the fifth (& final) negotiations, and delegates are still deciding what the mandate should include. Every clause that addresses plastic pollution across its lifecycle? Not in the mandate! #PlasticsTreaty #BeatPlasticPollution #INC5

🚨 BREAKING: 220 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists have registered for #INC5 — more than any other #PlasticsTreaty negotiation to date.

The Right to Development is often used as an argument to enable petrochemical expansion. Yet historically, plastics haven't been integral to any country's development. #INC5 #PlasticsTreaty

The third day of #INC5 negotiations for a #PlasticsTreaty have concluded, after being spent in negotiating groups and a midweek stocktake plenary. Check out #BreakFreeFromPlastic highs ✅ & lows ❌ as well as the key stories from today on our website 👇breakfreefromplastic.org/poplite/

BREAKING: @ciel_tweets analysis of #PlasticsTreaty @UNEP participants list exposes that #FossilFuel and chemical industry 🏭lobbyists taken together would be the largest single delegation at #INC5 - read 👉 ciel.org/news/inc-5-lob…

“A weak treaty is a failed treaty” There was a small protest during the plenary from the Indigenous Peoples caucus and from other organisations to allow indigenous voices to be heard.

La delegación de Panamá🇵🇦 con un mensaje fuerte y necesario en la sesión plenaria durante el tercer día del #INC5. #PlasticsTreaty #DejaElPlástico

The cost for damages caused by plastic pollution could be as high as $281.8 trillion between 2016 & 2040—2.5 times Germany’s annual GDP. Inaction costs more than measures to reduce plastic pollution. It’s time to cap plastic production! #PlasticsTreaty theconversation.com/plastic-pollut…

Let's remind #PlasticsTreaty negotiators: the full lifecycle of plastics starts at the point of extraction of raw materials. We want an effective treaty that addresses the root cause of the plastic crisis. #BreakFreeFromPlastic #BeatPlasticPollution #INC5