Ocean plastic pollution Archives - Seas at Risk

Ocean plastic pollution

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

Close-up of a vehicle tyre.

Publications

NGOs Call for European Parliament to Urgently Address Tyre Abrasion Emissions

25 June 2023

Publications

Blue Manifesto: 2022 Progress Assessment

8 June 2023

Pile of gold glitter

General News

Favourable REACH Committee vote finally addresses microplastic and plastic pellet pollution

28 April 2023

Press Releases

The Rethink Plastic alliance welcomes the EU restriction of intentionally-added microplastics, urges faster implementation

26 April 2023

General News

Discarded, lost and abandoned fishing nets: Threatening clean oceans and biodiversity

5 April 2023

Cigarette boats sit discarded on the sand of beach.

Member's News

Spain tobacco manufacturers legally responsible for cleaning up their act

31 March 2023

Member's News

Seas At Risk’s membership grows in strength with The Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature as newest member

2 February 2023

Close-up shows plastic pellets on the beach.

Member's News

EU needs binding, sweeping measures to stop plastic pellet pollution at the source, not surface-level ‘Clean Sweep’

8 November 2022

General News

Seas At Risk encourages the EU to adopt draft microplastics regulation

27 October 2022

Press Releases

Phasing out single-use plastics: How are EU countries performing?

21 September 2022

Publications

Single Use Plastics Directive – Implementation assessment report

21 September 2022

Publications

NGOs’ Letter to the REACH Committee on the Commissions’ proposal to restrict Microplastics

19 September 2022

Seas At Risk, together with Rethink Plastic alliance and the Break Free From Plastic movement, jointly wrote a letter to the REACH Committee to applaud the Commissions’ proposal to...