plastics

Remediation of Plastic Pollution: Why Island Nations need stronger measures in the new plastics treaty

Maritime plastic disasters are not rare accidents. The plastics treaty negotiations (INC5.2) are a unique opportunity to protect island nations that bear the greatest impacts of marine plastic pollution, including from global plastic commerce.

Closing the Information Gap in Global Plastics Governance: No Data, No Deal

Without improving national data on plastics, even the most ambitious treaty will be implemented in the dark, making commitments difficult to properly measure and collective progress impossible to accurately understand.

Data-driven solutions: the Plastics Data Checklist

In the context of the global plastic treaty, this Checklist outlines data required to understand the flows of plastics through a national economy and into the environment