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Scale Reuse Systems and Solutions

Reduce Plastic Production and Plastic Pollution

The change we want to see: Reuse is part of everyday life in all sectors, all communities. 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.

We need reuse systems now.

Plug the Leak - what's wrong with plastic waste exports?

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.

Every sector plays a crucial role, for example:

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Why Reuse?

Source: Plastic Waste Transparency Project, Basel Action Network

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.

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Trashed – a briefing paper on plastic waste trade in Asia Pacific

In the wake of UNEA 5.2, as global leaders work towards an international legally binding agreement to end plastic pollution, the issue of plastic waste trade is largely ignored. This briefing paper tackles the elephant in the room, with a focus on issues in Asia Pacific, to make a case for issuing stringent controls to protect weaker economies from plastic waste trade from developing countries.

Lead Organization: Break Free From Plastic
Author: Pui Yi WONG
Publication Year: 2022
Publication Month: June

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Stories

Waste trade, often referred to as ‘waste colonialism’, highlights the power imbalance between economically developed countries of the Global North, typically the exporters of waste, and the less affluent nations that serve as recipients. These blogs hope to distil global and regional waste trade matters and provide an overview of the harms caused by the waste trade in Asia Pacific.

June 19, 2019

Indonesia returns five containers of waste to the US

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JAKARTA: Indonesia has returned five containers of rubbish to the United States and will not become a "dumping ground", officials said Saturday (Jun 15), the latest Southeast Asian country to return imported waste. The containers were supposed to contain only paper scrap, according to the customs documents. Instead they were loaded with other waste including […]