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EU agrees on new landmark plastic pellet regulation to reduce microplastic pollution, but remaining loopholes and delays likely to undermine overall impact

9 April 2025

Plastic take-out food container washes ashore a beach.

Press Releases

Rethink Plastic alliance assesses Single-Use Plastics Directive implementation ahead of Commission evaluation

18 December 2024

Publications

Evaluation of the Single-Use Plastics Directive

18 December 2024

Multicoloured plastoc pellets and other micrplastics littered on the shore of a beach in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain.

Press Releases

Regulation on plastic pellet pollution: Council adopts its General Approach

17 December 2024

General News

Black Friday shipping – are we getting more than we bargained for?

16 December 2024

Member's News

Cigarette-free beaches for a clean and healthy North Sea

13 December 2024

General News

Don’t miss out on the IMO climate talks: The Need for a Threefold Approach to Deliver the IMO’s Decarbonisation Strategy

14 November 2024

Multimedia

Infographic: Risks of Plastic Pellet Losses along the value chain

4 November 2024

Events

Sunce’s Marine Litter-Free Tides of Change Conference

6 November 2024

General News

European Commission rejects Draghi report’s call for deep-sea mining

10 October 2024

Press Releases

European NGOs Criticise Draghi Report’s Outdated and Misguided Promotion of Deep-Sea Mining

17 September 2024

Press Releases

Von der Leyen’s Mission Letter to new EU Commissioner-Designate for the Ocean sparks concerns that Ocean health may only exist on paper

17 September 2024

Three hands hold small, multicoloured plastic pellets over a background of sand, rocks, and various small litter and plastic pollution.

General News

September’s #GreatGlobalNurdleHunt Guide for NGOs

4 September 2024

Events

Event: X Trillion Screening for #EUOceanWeek

1 October 2024

Press Releases

European Parliament votes in favour of plastic pellet pollution-free Europe

23 April 2024

Multimedia

Gallery: Results from the pellet hunt

23 April 2024

Thank you to everyone who participated in our pellet hunt! See some of the finds below and on Instagram!

General News

Join our pellet hunt!

16 April 2024

Thousands of plastic pellets lay in the sand.

Press Releases

ENVI Committee takes a positive stance against plastic pellet pollution, but there is still room for improvement

19 March 2024