Resources

Oceana estimates that up to 23.5 million pounds of Amazon’s plastic packaging waste entered and polluted the world’s waterways and oceans in 2020, the equivalent of dumping a delivery van payload of plastic into the oceans every 67 minutes. The report calls on Amazon to reduce its plastic footprint by offering plastic-free packaging as an option at checkout, consistently reporting on its plastic footprint, and eliminating plastic packaging.

As discussions around plastics become more global, we are pleased to present to you our new report 'Plan the Ban' undertaken in 4 cities in India (Pune, Indore, Delhi and Nainital). It is the first of its kind, measuring the impact of removing plastics as a waste and, thereby, as a source of income for wastepicker communities.

In 2021, more than 1,000 volunteers in 19 states across India conducted brand audits to hold corporate polluters accountable for their indiscriminate use of single-use plastic packaging. Brand audits are conducted annually by members of the ‘Break Free From Plastic’ movement across the globe.

Indoor/home brand audits on behalf of Fronteras Comunes in 5 locations Cárdenas, Tabasco; Tlanepantla, Estado de México;
y 3 Alcaldías de la Ciudad de México: Azcapotzalco, Benito Juárez, Tlahúac

Specifically developed and designed for a young international audience, the digital book "Unpacked! Plastic, Waste, & Me" answers 70 questions about plastic in colorful infographics and six true stories. Book designer and author Gesine Grotrian and a team of experts from the Heinrich Böll Foundation together with an advisory board of young people from all over the world have created an exciting non-fiction book for young people aged 12 and over.

In this virtual exhibit, This is how we roll, we gathered photos of waste collection vehicles in Asia. Some are small and with wheels while some are manually navigated by the waste pickers or the waste workers and are made for almost inaccessible areas. But one thing is common: they all contribute to our Zero Waste goal. So enjoy the ride and remember, we may roll differently, but we're all rolling towards the same direction.

This addendum focuses on the Indian policy scenario and the strategies corporations have used on a central and state level to delay and derail progressive legislation on plastics.

Despite Pennsylvania's embrace of fracking, fracking jobs remain scarce and temporary. As profits fail in a glut of natural gas (including ethane) and environmental damage worsens, Pennsylvania lawmakers are attempting to artificially sustain the boom by offering lucrative concessions to mega-corporations and dirty petrochemical producers.

Recommendations for accounting methodology for Recycled Carbon Fuels. A policy briefing to act as guidance for the European Commission in light of their proposals on accounting methodology for potential greenhouse gas emissions from so called ‘recycled carbon fuels’.

A policy briefing which highlights the importance of defining a new strategy for managing residual waste that corresponds with the requirements of the age of climate emergency that we are living in.