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5 Gyres Institute
It aims to fight plastic pollution with more than 10 years of expertise in scientific research and engagement on plastic pollution issues. To this end, it runs expeditions to explore...
A Plastic Planet
It is concerned about the increase in pollution and it's impact on health. Therefore, it "is working with: politicians, scientists, charities, NGOs, packaging manufacturers, consumer goods producers, and supermarkets themselves...
Alliance to End Plastic Waste
Their focus is on enhancing waste management capacity and capability by improving collection, sorting, processing, and recycling systems, especially in underserved regions. They do so through collaboration and collective action....
Break Free From Plastic
It envisions a future free from plastic pollution.Its members demand massive reductions in single-use plastics and to push for lasting solutions to the plastic pollution crisis.To achieve this, it conducts...
CleanSeas
Combatting marine plastic litter: state of play and perspectives
Plastic pollution in the Ocean is extensive, alarming, threatening marine species and ecosystems, impacting human activities and wellbeing, and costing billions of dollars yearly. The main drivers of plastic litter...
Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP)
A platform for collaboration among policymakers, businesses, and civil society groups to address the issue of plastic pollution and waste. Through its efforts, aims to create a sustainable and practical...
Lonely Whale Foundation
It works as both a connector between NGOs, influencers, corporations, and policymakers and an incubator for bold ideas that drive impactful market and policy change on behalf of the ocean....
Plastic & Climate The hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet
A sobering detailed, comprehensive, and richly referenced and illustrated analysis that asserts that, whether measured by its present scale or projected growth, the existing plastic economy is fundamentally inconsistent with...
Plastic Bank
A for-profit social enterprise building "recycling ecosystems in under-developed communities in an effort to fight both plastic pollution in oceans, as well as high poverty levels in developing countries." Notablly,...
Plastic Change
An international organisation that "works with research, education, political and public campaigns to raise awareness about the growing plastic pollution in the oceans and the water environment." Publications: Documentation Solutions...
Plastic Oceans International
A non-profit organization "dedicated to ending plastic pollution and fostering sustainable communities worldwide." Works through supportive programs aligned to its mission "to inspire and incite action that can lead to...
Plastic Pollution – A QuickLook at Leading Organizations
The Problem “In 2019, the production and incineration of plastic added more than 850 million metric tons of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Current plans for plastic production and use...
Race for Water
Race for Water (2010; Lausanne; 12 staff; raceforwater.org) An "organisation dedicated to the preservation of water and the oceans" through investigation in the field and with scientific experts to alert...
The Association of Plastic Recyclers
An international trade association representing the plastics recycling industry. Goals: Developing protocols for packaging design for greater recyclability. Improving the quality of postconsumer plastics entering the system. Fostering a strong...
The Business Case for a UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution
More than 11 million tons of plastic pollute the oceans yearly. There is an urgent need to amplify current efforts through a more coordinated and ambitious approach. Asserts that a...
The Ocean Cleanup
It "develops advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic." It aims to "let the ocean currents do the work by installing U-shaped screens that would channel floating plastic...
Upstream Solutions
A public-interest and non-profit organization working towards "practical solutions that help businesses and communities shift from single-use to reuse." It strives to "redesign the systems generating all the waste in...