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Why is India the world’s biggest plastic polluter?

The Indian government's efforts to promote polymer production while also imposing ineffective plastic bans have resulted in a pollution crisis that is spiralling out of control.
Greenpeace protest action at Unilever headquarters in Indonesia

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Unilever Indonesia targeted by NGO over sachet pollution and weakened plastic reduction goals

The company that pioneered sachets to sell its products to low-income families must take responsibility for their devastating environmental impact, say activists. Unilever says it has cut virgin plastic use and finding alternatives to sachets "remains a priority".
Ben Moody, co-founder, Seven Clean Seas

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Seven Clean Seas co-founder Ben Moody steps back after five years

Moody joined the ocean clean-up and plastic credits firms in 2019 at the age of 23.
Packaging for Taiwanese bottled water brand pH Balancer bears the plastic resin identification code for PET. Though the circular recycling symbol implies recyclability, it actually refers to the type of plastic used. Only 81 per cent of PET is recycled globally.

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‘The recycling deception’: Plastics industry accused of greenwashing circularity, stalling progress on pollution treaty

Using misleading recycling symbols, the plastics industry has duped regulators and consumers into believing in the circularity of plastic, a study by Planet Tracker finds. The non-profit warns investors of plastic liability risks.

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30 January 2024

Casnadi, who works Southeast Asia's largest landfill near Jakarta, Indonesia

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Recycled plastic at virgin prices? Asian recyclers say market volatility making it hard to meet brands' demands

1 November 2023

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With no worldwide standards, are 'plastic credits' reducing waste or greenwashing?

9 June 2023

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The Philippines' EPR law seeks to create ‘entrepreneurs’ out of informal waste pickers

17 May 2023

Waste collector in Indonesia segregating trash

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Reusing plastic products ‘most powerful market shift’ against pollution, UN says

A waste picker at work in Vietnam

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In Vietnam, waste pickers fight the climate crisis, but with no social safety net

15 May 2023

Plastic bottles strewn on the street in Bangalore

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Plastic neutrality claims face greenwashing scrutiny in India

8 May 2023

Doug Woodring, founder and managing director, Ocean Recovery Alliance

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UN treaty will backfire if it stifles transboundary plastics trade: Ocean Recovery Alliance's Doug Woodring

31 March 2023

Tom Peacock-Nazil

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‘Don't take money from the wrong people’: Ocean plastic entrepreneur Tom Peacock-Nazil

3 March 2023

The Plastic Project directors Yew Jin Lee and Amber Soong.

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The Plastic Project parts ways with founder after 'Steve Jobs moment'

7 February 2023

Plastic trash covers a beach in Jakarta, Indonesia's capital.

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Recycling still a 'marginal activity' as single-use plastic production ramps up

28 November 2022

Collecting and sorting waste in Chiang Mai, Thailand

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Coca-Cola and Unilever: We're not convinced by plastic credits

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