04/09/18
The price is right … or is it? The case for taxing plastic
Taxing plastics can help lead to a responsible use of the material by triggering the necessary reduction of bo …
16/07/18
Why “bioplastics” won’t solve our plastic pollution problem
With the process to develop European laws to cut plastic pollution in full swing, we are witnessing a big push …
04/04/18
Unwrapped: how throwaway plastic is failing to solve Europe’s food waste problem (and what we need to do instead)
A rise in plastic food packaging is failing to reduce Europe’s growing food waste problem, and in some cases m …
17/11/17
Open Letter to Environment Ministers
Friends of the Earth Europe, together with an alliance of European-wide civil society organisations, has sent …
28/09/17
3 key steps towards a future free from plastic pollution
Plastic is one of the fastest-growing pollutants in the world. However, real solutions already exist to the pl …
09/07/17
Open Letter from Rethink Plastic to the European Commission
Rethink Plastic – a new European alliance to cut plastic use, of which Friends of the Earth Europe is a member …
