Our roundup of the month’s most important stories
McDonalds lobbies against refill and reuse
McDonalds produces 1 billion kg of packaging per year, equivalent to the weight of 100 Eiffel towers! Proposed EU regulations would force them to transition to refill and reuse systems. This article from the EU observer reveals how they have been leading campaigns against the legislation.
Investors in major FMCGs want the companies to reduce their plastic waste
A Dutch coalition, responsible for $10tn of assets, is calling for FMCGs such as Amazon, McDonalds and Unilever to reduce their single-use plastic in response to concerns about the environment and our health.
Shell’s new plastic plant facing a federal lawsuit
A lawsuit has been filed against Shell, whose new plastic plant has allegedly been repeatedly releasing dangerous levels of airborne emissions, harming the health of local residents.
Local communities are powerful players in the war on plastic
In an article in the South China Morning Post, Trash Hero Programme Director Seema Prabhu discusses how cleanups cannot solve plastic pollution, but are an important tool for educating local communities and holding corporate polluters accountable through collected data.
Scientists and NGOs to be “excluded” at Plastics Treaty talks
The UN has been accused of limiting access to the negotiations of the Global Plastics Treaty in Paris, in a last minute change that will allow only 1 out of 5 delegates to take part at any time. This means many voices from independent science and developing countries will not be heard by lawmakers.
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