reports
DISCARDED: Communities on the Frontlines of the Global Plastic Crisis
This report continues GAIA’s research on the effects of China’s National Sword policy and the broader implications of plastic pollution as the world attempts to adjust to a new landscape of global plastic recycling. As the crisis deepens, this report focuses on three countries in Southeast Asia, and particularly the stories of people.
Lead Organization: Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)
Author: Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)
Published on: April 2019
Throwing Away the Future, How companies still have it wrong on plastic pollution “solutions”
In response to public motivation to resolve the global plastic pollution crisis, some of the world’s largest companies that produce massive amounts of wasteful, single-use plastic packaging have started to admit that they need to act. Some have made commitments that seem aspirational, but closer scrutiny shows that they are mostly continuing on the same track by investing in false solutions.
Lead Organization: Greenpeace
Author: Greenpeace
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Unwrapped: How Throwaway Plastic is Failing To Solve Europe’s Food Waste Problem
Europe has an opportunity to reposition our approach to the production, delivery and consumption of food and food packaging. While plastics have some role to play, real reform must be broader in scope. This report shows the need to better examine the limits of plastic packaging in reducing food waste overall, and identifies real innovation among those who eschew all forms of waste.
Lead Organization: Zero Waste Europe, ReThink Plastic, Friends of the Earth Europe, Institute for European Environmental Policy
Author: J.-P. Schweitzer, S. Gionfra, M. Pantzar, D. Mottershead, E. Watkins, F. Petsinaris, P. ten Brink, E. Ptak, C. Lacey, C. Janssens
Published on: 2018
Toward a Just, Toxic-Free World
A factsheet on Plastics, Waste-to-Energy Incineration, and Zero Waste
Lead Organization: Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)
Author: Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) Asia Pacific
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Plastic and Climate, The hidden cost of a plastic planet
This report examines each of the stages of the plastic lifecycle to identify the major sources of greenhouse gas emissions, sources of uncounted emissions, and uncertainties that likely lead to underestimation of plastic’s climate impacts.
Lead Organization: Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), Fractracker Alliance, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), 5 Gyres
Author: Lisa Anne Hamilton, Steven Feit, Carroll Muffett, Matt Kelso, Samantha Malone Rubright, Courtney Bernhardt, Eric Schaeffer, Doun Moon, Jeffrey Morris, Rachel Labbé-Bellas
Published on: May 2019
Are Businesses ready to beat plastic pollution?
This study is an endeavour to understand the contribution of plastic packaging to the marine litter crisis. Waste and brand audits were conducted in 250 sites across 15 cities in 18 Indian states in 21 days in May 2018. Participating groups conducted the audits in different sites such as public parks, water bodies, and resource recovery centres.
Lead Organization: Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), Citizen Consumer and Civic Action group (CAG)
Author: Satyarupa Shekhar,Dharmesh Shah
Published on: June 2018