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Today at COP27 on Solutions Day, the UK COP26 Presidency will convene Ministers and senior representatives to accelerate the transition to Zero Emission Vehicles

One month before the first round of negotiations that could lead to an international treaty on plastic pollution by the end of 2024, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation has published, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme, its latest annual report on the progress made by top FMCG companies with regard their commitment to use only reusable, recyclable, or compostable plastic packaging by 2025. While measurable progress is being made, the report highlights that the target...

Activists in the Philippines file legal complaint vs 7 corporations for dangerous plastic packaging, false ‘recyclable plastic’ claims The Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola-branded waste accounted for 7.32% of all plastic waste collected globally in 2022, up from 3.6% in 2018

The government and the private sector are working together to address plastic pollution through a voluntary initiative under KEPSA.

The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, and Nestlé come in as the world’s top plastic polluters for five years running, according to Break Free From Plastic’s latest global brand audit report. The 2022 Brand Audit analyzes five years worth of citizen science trash-collection data, exposing how corporate voluntary commitments are not effectively reducing these companies’ devastating environmental impacts. In response, activists around the world are calling for a Global Plastics Treaty that can pro...

A “Declaration on Global Commitment to Zero Waste for the World, Our Common Home” has been signed in the city of Samarkand. The Declaration developed at the initiative of the Republic of Turkiye was signed by First Lady of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva, First Lady of the Republic of Uzbekistan Ziroatkhon Mirziyoyeva

For our first issue of November 2022, we have our annual blow molders ranking and special report. Hollee Keller breaks down the ranking and what really stood out this year. One of our biggest stories from last week comes from Catherine Kavanaugh as the Plastics Pollution Coalition has launched a…