POLYPROBLEM

PLASTIC AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Despite the enormous public attention on the increasing environmental pollution caused by plastic waste, a global agenda to solve the problem is not in sight. This is the critical finding of a policy paper published jointly by the Röchling Foundation and the consulting firm Wider Sense under the title POLYPROBLEM.

Not a day goes by without major media reports on plastic in the environment. Sometimes it’s about spectacular ideas for cleaning up the oceans, sometimes about new findings on microplastics, sometimes about campaigns for a plastic-reduced life. “Many of these initiatives are not only running side by side. In some cases, the arguments and approaches contradict each other,” the authors summarise.

The publication brings together the most important challenges, solutions and actors in a compact overview and offers guidance for all those who want to get involved in the field of plastic and the environment. Who is pursuing which goal? What are the different priorities? And above all, is there any prospect of a global plan?

To answer these questions, the authors spoke with international experts. They analysed the most important networks and their strategies and transparently compiled the sources of information relevant to the topic.

POLYPROBLEM helps everyone to get a holistic overview of the plastic problem and derive their own options from it.

The 92-page illustrated publication can be downloaded here in English.