Category: Circular Economy of Plastic

• 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.

  Global Plastic Laws

  November 29, 2023

  Resources, Circular Economy of Plastic, Incineration / Waste to Energy, Plastic offset, Topics of Concern

  BFFP, burning of plastic, corporate, False solutions, Fuel to fire, GAIA, global plastic treaty, greenwash, incineration, PCX, plastic credit exchange, plastic credits, plastic neutrality, plastic offsets, UN plastic treaty, verra

• 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…

  Global Plastic Laws

  November 23, 2023

  Waste Management, Circular Economy of Plastic, News, Topics of Concern, Transparency and Traceability, Waste Trade

  China plastic, China plastic imports, Featured, frontline communities, News, plastic scrap, plastic waste exports, plastic waste imports, Southeast asia, Thailand, Thailand plastics, waste facilities, waste management, waste trade