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UN Plastics Treaty: What to Watch for at INC-5.2
Negotiations for a UN Plastics Treaty resume in Switzerland August of 2025. The draft text outlines key divergences in country positions. Decisions on these key articles will determine if the treaty can effectively address plastic pollution.
United States of Plastics Report
Ocean Conservancy has released a first-of-its-kind report that grades states based on analysis of local laws designed to reduce plastic pollution. California received the highest score and Mississippi the worst.
Model Legislative Toolkits
There isn’t just one way to enact sensible and effective zero waste policies in the U.S.: every state, city, and community has its own needs. Just Zero has designed model legislative toolkits that are interactive and customizable to help you build a bill or bills across a range of interest areas.
What you need to know about the latest plastics ban in B.C.
Single-use plastic regulations banning styrofoam takeout containers and charging for single-use plastic bags have been rolled out in British Columbia. These are the latest parts of the province’s regulations on plastics, which started rolling out in 2023 to align with federal regulations that are going into effect across the country. B.C., had delayed some aspects…
The Environmental Injustices of PLA Bioplastic Production
Plastic Pollution Coalition (PPC) has prepared a supplemental report that addresses the environmental injustices of Polylactic Acid (PLA) production. The supplement further describes the serious social consequences of producing PLA, and emphasizes how replacing one toxic single-use material—conventional plastic—with another—PLA—only perpetuates pollution and environmental injustices.
Bioplastics Are Trash: The Unforeseen Environmental Consequences of PLA from Production to Disposal
This comprehensive report on Polylactic Acid (PLA), a popular bioplastic often touted as a sustainable alternative to conventional plastics, prepared by Eunomia Research & Consulting, in collaboration with Plastic Pollution Coalition (PPC), provides an in-depth analysis of PLA’s environmental and social impacts, challenging prevailing perceptions of its sustainability.
Report: Smoke and Mirrors–The Realities of Plastic Credits and Offsetting
Excerpt: As the world’s governments come together to negotiate a new international treaty to tackle plastic pollution across its lifecycle, it is vital that the reality of plastic offsetting is understood. A concept shrouded in smoke and mirrors should not be incentivised in a treaty designed to reduce plastic pollution.
Southeast Asia Flooded with Imported Plastic Waste Meant for Recycling
Last year, the U.S. exported more than 950 million tons of plastic waste meant for recycling and a significant portion of that ended up in Southeast Asia. The region has been inundated with plastic scrap after China blocked all but the cleanest plastic waste imports in 2018. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on…
Real vs. False Solutions to Plastic Pollution
False solutions do not adequately or effectively address plastic pollution and its serious impacts. Corporations that profit by dealing in petrochemicals and plastics seek to offer up false solutions to the plastic pollution crisis so that they can distract and confuse the media and the public, which prevents actual progress in reducing plastic production.
High incidence of false biodegradability claims related to single-use plastic utensils sold in Brazil
Replacing single-use plastic with so-called biodegradable ones have emerged as part of suitable actions to reduce global environmental impacts. However, scientists are finding issues related to false claims and improper certification of single-use plastic utensils (SUP) claiming biodegradability. In this study, experts find so-called biodegradable products sold in supermarkets across Brazil are not actually biodegradable—undermining…
