What might look like an obvious solution to plastic pollution is not as straightforward as it may seem...

Please share the briefing (and press release) with fellow campaigners and with local media contacts.

In preparation for the second session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC-2), the Global Plastics Policy Centre, in collaboration with Break Free From Plastic, present this report to aid the negotiations.

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Sabotage' claims over whisky industry lobbying of Scottish Government

Exclusive: Waste firms and councils accused of ‘greenwashing’ with false claims over burning rubbish for energy - Open Democracy Report 17 June 2023

Chemical recycling, also known as advanced or tertiary recycling, is a group of processes that uses heat, pressure, and/or chemical solvents to break plastic waste into its basic building blocks, which can then be remade into new plastic.

In some places, recycling may work; in others, it may not. Plastic must not be exported from places where plastic recycling works better to places where recycling largely does not work.

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Research needed to identify decision makers about water bottle sponsorship.

How reducing waste is a climate game changer

Manufacturers will become responsible for the full cost of disposing of the packaging waste they create.

Links from Litternet.org.uk

I get it that many environmentalists are instinctively against incineration plants. After all, isn't it very inefficient/wasteful to burn stuff? But what is the alternative?

We all agree on one point: we must stop plastic pollution. Our oceans cannot afford it any longer: mammals and birds are dying; fishes are eating millions of pieces of microplastic that eventually reach our food and the Pacific Plastic Garbage Patch`s insects are changing the natural environment.

Food waste and plastic waste are two major economic,environmental and social challenges facing Europe

We are reiterating our call for a comprehensive Deposit Return Scheme that covers all materials...

The Scottish Government has confirmed that it will be introducing a deposit return scheme to Scotland, as planned on 16th August 2023, counteracting recent calls to delay the scheme again.

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The UK's Deposit Return Scheme has lost its way - we need to move it forward

The problem with recycling? One word: Plastics
No matter how well we sort, much of what we throw away cannot be reused.

OPINION: Simpler, but not necessarily better. Peter Jones, principle consultant at Eunomia, shares his thoughts on the government’s “rather scaled back” Simpler Recycling announcement.

How recycling is killing the planet

By taking the guilt out of consumption, it undermines effort to cut back on waste.

Glass packaging plays a crucial role in the ongoing transition towards sustainable packaging systems. Reusable glass bottles produce 75% fewer carbon emissions than single-use PET bottles and 57% fewer than aluminium cans. Glass also makes for a safe choice for food and beverage packaging.

In the ongoing negotiations of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, the realities of disposable paper-based food packaging should not be ignored.

Have you ever wondered what happens to all the soft plastic you diligently collect at home and drop off at the supermarket? Do you know if it *actually* gets recycled?

Plastics recycling & 'chemical' recycling. All about Syngas. Would be useful to compare with existing chemical recycling processes.

The negotiations between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the EC about packaging law produced a result. Here is what the stakeholders agreed on - and the criticism of some of the results.

A study into what makes a financially viable
reusable packaging system

A study finds one plastics recycling plant in the U.K. produces as much as 3 million pounds of microplastics a year—and that’s with filtering.

A report on the circularity of single-use glass packaging,

Basel Action Network:
Welcome to the information clearinghouse of the Plastic Waste Transparency Project, otherwise known as "The Hub".

Thread about DRS in Scotland

Latest on Scotland's DRS. The following six topics give an overview of DRS AND EPR. A priority topic . Let Mark know if you want to collaborate on this.

Some interesting thoughts about Glass and the DRS

Case Study for reference. The University of San Francisco saved more than $150,000 in disposable foodware costs each year by eliminating more than 2 million packaging items with a ReThink Disposable pilot program.

Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regardless, Center for Climate Integrity study finds. Guardian 15 Feb 24

Today, the #BreakFreeFromPlastic movement, Rethink Plastic alliance, Environmental Investigation Agency, Eko, and WeMove have published the results of their joint petition urging the European Union to ban plastic waste exports to both non-OECD and OECD countries.

The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be the largest sporting event ever to serve beverages in reusable packaging, potentially replacing millions of single-use plastic cups.

A blueprint for setting up and running a successful returnable cup scheme.