Ocean plastic pollution Archives - Seas At Risk

Ocean plastic pollution

Events

Sunce’s Marine Litter-Free Tides of Change Conference

6 November 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

Small, white plastic pellets strewn on ground.

Press Releases

Plastic production pellets: In Ecaussinnes, MEPs take a bitter look at chronic pollution

23 February 2024

Cigarette boats sit discarded on the sand of beach.

Member's News

Single-Use Plastics Directive Implementation Assessment Report: Tobacco-related products

20 February 2024

Thousands of white plastic pellets washing ashore a beach in Sri Lanka.

Member's News

Open letter to the Members of the European Parliament: Plastic pellet crisis exposes weakness in proposed EU regulation

16 January 2024

Publications

A Year to End Marine Litter (2024 Seas At Risk Calendar)

15 January 2024

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

Publications

EU Regulation on preventing plastic pellet losses needs mandatory requirements for all operators to reduce microplastic pollution

12 December 2023

General News

The Black Friday frenzy – The journey behind the shipping industry and how we allowed it to get this far

24 November 2023

A sea turtle swims above anemones approaching a discarded and degraded piece of plastic.

General News

Plastics lobby threatens progress at global plastics treaty negotiations in Nairobi

21 November 2023

Publications

Civil society calling for ambitious EU position in Global Plastics Treaty negotiations

7 November 2023

General News

Microplastic pollution continues to accelerate while EU ambition stalls

6 November 2023

Press Releases

Rethink Plastic alliance welcomes proposal on pellet pollution, but urges Commission to also tackle the other major sources of microplastics pollution

16 October 2023

Microscopic image of synthetic microfibres.

Publications

Urgent Need for Legislative Proposal to Prevent Microplastics Unintentionally Released into the Environment

20 July 2023