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The plastics industry’s latest ploy to continue filling the world with junk

Philippine philanthropist Nanette Medved-Po says that Asia, the epicenter of the marine plastic crisis, can also be the region that leads the fight against it.

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Two groups that want reduced plastics production published a report Friday, November 17, 2023, highly critical of plastic credits, calling them a flawed tool that won't help with worldwide pollution from the material.

Plastic credits: A flawed tool for reducing pollution, say environmental groups | Read the critical report on plastic credits by Break Free From Plastic and the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives. Find out why they argue that plastic credits are ineffective and amount to corporate greenwashing. Learn about the serious flaws in financing, transparency, and auditing, and the concerns about substituting one form of pollution for another. Discover the perspectives of plastic credit propone...

Opponents say they are substituting one form of pollution for another.

Opponents say they are substituting one form of pollution for another.

Groups connected to the fossil fuel industry are trying to shape an international treaty to cut plastic pollution. And oil- and gas-producing nations are at the negotiating table.

Groups connected to the fossil fuel industry are trying to shape an international treaty to cut plastic pollution. And oil- and gas-producing nations are at the negotiating table.

Groups connected to the fossil fuel industry are trying to shape an international treaty to cut plastic pollution. And oil- and gas-producing nations are at the negotiating table.