Knowledge Resource Library
In this section you will find a variety of different materials all about the topic of plastic and its impacts on the environment, our health, and society in general. There are also resources on creating a different kind of world, without single use plastic and based on zero waste principles.
You can use the search and filters provided to find the information you need. All materials are in the public domain and may be freely downloaded and used without alteration. However please be sure to give the creators proper credit if sharing with others!
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BFFP Communications Cookbook – Asia Edition 2022 – Indonesian
In Bahasa Indonesia. This document discusses effective communication strategies, offering storytelling and campaign tactics for addressing plastic pollution, emphasizing the need for relatable heroes, mentors, and remarkable content.
Disposable Paper Based Food Packaging: The False Solution To The Packagin Waste Crisis
The report addresses the environmental impact of disposable paper-based food packaging, particularly in the context of ongoing negotiations for the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.
Seven Plastics Policies for Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
A report published by Common Seas and University of Portsmouth on seven policies to address plastic waste reduction, including bans on single-use items, taxes on single-use items, reuse models for on-the-go, water refill schemes, potable water supply, extended producer responsibility, and deposit return schemes.
Hidden Emissions: A Story From The Netherlands
A case study by Zero Waste Europe revealing alarming dioxin and UPOPs emissions in the Netherlands, raising vital environmental concerns and policy questions.
ZERO WASTE: the cornerstone of a sustainable circular economy
Zero waste brochure by GAIA that promotes the Zero Waste approach as an environmentally and economically superior alternative to incineration for waste management.
The Climate Dictionary
The Climate Dictionary by UNDP strives to simplify climate change concepts and jargon, making them accessible to a diverse audience by translating complex science into everyday language.
Mengungkap Solusi Palsu: Observasi Sebaran Insinerator Sampah di Cekungan Bandung
Revealing False Solutions: Observing the Distribution of Waste Incinerators in the Bandung Basin. Reports by WAHI in Bahasa Indonesia. After the 2005 landfill landslide in Leuwigajah Cimahi, incinerators were seen as a quick solution, but many are non-functional due to high costs and raising environmental concerns.
Plastic and Waste Pickers
A two-page publication packet by UNEA to recognize and support waste pickers through policies, integration, and fair compensation while avoiding harmful practices.
Waste Incineration
Waste incineration, including cement kilns, raises concerns due to pollution, inefficiency. Plastics treaty must prioritize reduction, ban thermal treatment.
Plastic Pollution and Poverty 2022
A briefing by tearfund on the impacts of plastic pollution on people in poverty and what a global treaty can do about it.
A Just Transition to Reusable Packaging
A report on the environmental benefits of reusable packaging and the potential socio-economic benefits, with a focus on the grocery retail and HoReCa (Hotel, Restaurant, Cafés) sectors.
Branded: Five Years of Holding Coporate Plastic Polluters Accountable (2022)
The 2022 brand audit report by Break Free From Plastic.
Public Perspective and Demand Toward Plastic Pollution Crisis in Indonesia
Greenpeace conducted a report on the public’s perception and demands regarding corporate involvement in environmental issues and plastic waste in Indonesia.
15 basic principles: Establishing an effective extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme for packaging
To help governments, the private sector and civil society stakeholders to develop effective EPR schemes, WWF has developed this set of basic principles for designing and implementing effective EPR frameworks.
Plastics crisis: challenges, advances and relationship with wastepickers.
An illustrated booklet by GAIA that highlights plastic crisis, false solutions, and acknowledgment of the historical contributions made by waste pickers.
Monitor compartments, mitigate sectors: A framework to deconstruct the complexity of plastic pollution
A journal by The 5 Gyres Institute discussed the complexity of plastic pollution necessitates a sector-based framework for upstream design, rather than relying solely on downstream solutions.
Forever Toxic: The science on health threats from plastic recycling
A Greenpeace report that emphasizes the urgent need to reconsider the role of plastics in the circular economy and advocates for sustainable alternatives.
Food Packaging and Human Health
Food Packaging Forum’s Fachsheet on food packaging and human health.
