Plastic fishing and aquaculture gear in the Global Plastics Treaty

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Is legislation on the tobacco industry the butt of the joke?

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What does Chemical Recycling mean?

"But you can't ban all plastic, what about medical use?"

How our clothing choice affects health

The textile industry is the third-largest consumer of plastic, just behind packaging and construction. A recent report reveals that some fashion brands now use synthetic fibres in 70-80% of their clothing, feeding this cycle of pollution.

Plastic bottles and health

The toxic effect of plastic throughout its life cycle

The Great Global Nurdle Hunt 2025

Campaign Month

Reuse is the answer but how do we get there?

If we get rid of single use plastic what’s going to take its place?

Nappies

To look at decreasing disposable nappy use through both early potty training and encouragement of reusable nappies, looking at the topic from both an environmental and a health lens.

What are young people doing about plastic

Making a difference and inspiring others

Forever Chemicals

How do we avoid forever chemicals; what they are doing to our bodies

Engagement with MPs

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Fundraising

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What are sustainable plastics?

Complexities and consequences

Soft plastics - from sachets to crisp packets: a global problem

Including FoE Scotland's campaign and how it relates to UK legislation

Review/ research Plastic People - the documentary

"One of those essential state-of-our-world documentaries"

The corporates making profit from pollution.

Lobbying, Vested interests, greeenwas... Big Plastic (Exxon, BP, Unilever, Coca-Cola, INEOS...)

The Global Plastics Treaty: the route to a cleaner world

The goal of the instrument, referred to as the plastics treaty, is to end plastics pollution based on a comprehensive approach that addresses the full life cycle of plastic, including its production, design and disposal.

What are the Global Plastic Laws_

An extensive database and resource library focused on plastic legislation that has been passed around the world

About Deposit Return Schemes (DRS)

Deposit return and what it can do about litter. DRS can be an enabler for reuse.
The big recycling shake up.

About Packaging

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.

Waste Trade

To end, or at least significantly reduce, EU plastic waste exports.
e.g. "15m pieces of clothing every week end up in Ghana.."

Plastic and the Ocean

It is not uncommon to see images or videos online of turtles trapped in plastic six-pack rings or with plastic straws stuck up their nose; however, whilst this is terribly damaging, it is not the only threat to marine life caused by plastic pollution.

Incineration

Burn it or bury it? Or…
The case against energy from waste

Pellets/ Nurdles

Every plastic product we use is made of small 5mm plastic pellets (the size of a lentil) called nurdles, which are melted and moulded into all the plastic we see around us today. Nurdles are a type of microplastic that does not biodegrade.

Menstrual Items

Raising awareness about period poverty and period taboo, as well as the environmental, health and societal impacts of single-use plastic based menstrual products and its aggressive misogynistic marketing perpetuating the stigma.

Rich countries should stop pushing fossil fuels on Africa – don’t we deserve a renewable future too?

Colonialism and climate