ERIA | Breaking the Plastic Habit: A Guidance Note and Practical Toolkit

ERIA | Breaking the Plastic Habit: A Guidance Note and Practical Toolkit

Behavioural insight interventions to reduce plastic consumption were implemented in four countries in the Asia-Pacific: Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Case studies on the four pilot projects provide a detailed account of the process of designing and evaluating interventions using a variety of behaviour change levers. Lessons and positive outcomes from these pioneering […]

World Bank | Unlocking Financing to Combat The Plastic Crisis: Opportunities, Risks, and Recommendation for Plastic Credits

World Bank | Unlocking Financing to Combat The Plastic Crisis: Opportunities, Risks, and Recommendation for Plastic Credits

Plastic pollution has become an urgent global issue (OECD 2022). Policymakers, business leaders, and communities are advancing solutions to address the problem, but a significant financing gap remains for a circular plastics economy. This report explores the viability of plastic crediting as a potential mechanism to finance plastic pollution interventions. To examine plastic crediting potential […]

Center for International Environmental Law | Making Plastic Polluters Pay: How Cities and States Can Recoup the Rising Costs of Plastic Pollution

Center for International Environmental Law | Making Plastic Polluters Pay: How Cities and States Can Recoup the Rising Costs of Plastic Pollution

This report outlines the myriad of impacts resulting from the plastics crisis, the burden on states and municipalities, why the plastics industry is responsible, and how government attorneys may hold the industry accountable for its harms. States, counties, and municipalities bear the brunt of the plastics crisis. The impacts associated with the plastics crisis are […]

WWF | Cities and Businesses Tackling the Tourism Plastic Crisis

WWF | Cities and Businesses Tackling the Tourism Plastic Crisis

Everyday, plastic flows into our natural environment at an unprecedented rate, posing a threat to land and marine ecosystems, local economies and human health. The tourism sector, including destinations and business, has an important role in contributing to the solution for plastic pollution. Tourism is responsible for up to 40% increase of marine litter in […]

WWF | Case Studies from Asia: City-Level Learnings for the Global Plastic Pollution Treaty

WWF | Case Studies from Asia: City-Level Learnings for the Global Plastic Pollution Treaty

As United Nations Member States gather to negotiate a historic global treaty on plastic pollution, this report aims to provide negotiators with policy recommendations derived from on-the-ground interventions from cities in Asia that are tackling plastic pollution. With 60% of plastic waste derived from urban centres, cities are on the frontline of the global plastic […]

WWF | Unpacking Reuse in the Plastic Pollution Treaty

WWF | Unpacking Reuse in the Plastic Pollution Treaty

The international community has started negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution. The treaty is focused on the plastic pollution across the lifecycle of plastic, arising from the over-use and mismanagement of plastic products. The treaty will contain a range of provisions to tackle these issues across the product life cycle. A key […]

OECD | Extended Producer Responsibility: Basic Facts and Key Principles

OECD | Extended Producer Responsibility: Basic Facts and Key Principles

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a policy approach that makes producers responsible for their products along the entire lifecycle, including at the post-consumer stage. This policy paper summarises the current consensus on the EPR policy approach. This document synthesises the current implementing experience with the EPR policy approach to provide policymakers with knowledge on the […]