Every year, we produce over 300 million tons of plastic, and a lot of it is for single use.
We cannot escape plastic pollution, nor can we recycle our way out of this global crisis.
Our planet, our economies, our health, and our communities cannot wait.
The urgency of addressing plastic pollution demands swift and decisive action. The current environmental crisis calls for immediate adoption and scale of REUSE systems as solutions - to create a lasting impact.
To reduce Plastic Pollution, we need to make Reuse Systems the norm.
Reuse systems are accessible, affordable, and make people’s lives easier.
Though the transitioning from single use plastics (SUPs) takes time, the transition process is clear, just, and grounded in shared principles, cross-sector collaboration, and place-based solutions.
Reuse systems can be defined as a comprehensive system with multiple rotations of reusable packaging that remains within the ownership of the system and is loaned to the consumer.
Although refillable alternatives that people can use to avoid single plastic are great, the scale of the plastic pollution crisis requires a systemic approach, in order to reduce plastic production, meet climate targets, stay within our planetary boundaries, create green jobs, protect people’s health, and honor traditional knowledge
Brief
Break Free From Plastic | 2024
Este informe proporciona una guía para los negociadores del tratado INC-5 sobre plásticos para incluir la reutilización en el texto del tratado y por qué se deben priorizar las soluciones de reutilización y recarga sobre el reciclaje.
Brief
Break Free From Plastic | 2024
This brief provides a guide for plastics treaty INC-5 negotiators for including reuse in the treaty text and why reuse and refill solutions must be prioritized over recycling.
Video
Video
Oceana | 2023
What if there is an easy way that we could keep billions of single-use plastic bottles and cups from entering our oceans and polluting the environment?
Zero Waste Europe | 2023
The study by Searious Business and Zero Waste Europe examines 3 packaging categories in an open loop system (so not within one location), in Spain as an archetype country: 1) food containers for takeaway food, 2) secondary transport packaging and 3) beverage bottles. The results show that reuse packaging will only become even more economically viable in the next few years and providing faster return on investments.
