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January 2017

Primary Microplastics in the Oceans: A global evaluation of sources

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
This report is one of the first of its kind to quantify primary microplastics leakage and to demonstrate that these primary microplastics are globally responsible for a major source of plastics in the oceans.
December 2018

Legal limits on single-use plastics and microplastics

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
This report provides a global overview on the progress countries have made in passing laws and regulations that limit the manufacture, import, sale, use, and disposal of selected single-use plastics and microplastics. It is based on a review of national legally-binding instruments that include bans and restrictions, taxes and levies, and waste management measures to enhance disposal, encourage reuse and recycling, and promote alternatives to plastic products.
December 2020

Water pollution by plastics and microplastics: A review of technical solutions from source to sea

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
With a focus on wastewater, this publication presents a range of solutions to reduce plastic and microplastic pollution from the source to the sea. It also encourages policymakers and practitioners to set priorities and select those that are more cost-effective and suitable for their local context. Finally, it stresses the importance of having technical solutions in addition to appropriate legislation, economic instruments, education, and awareness that force real change on the ground.
January 2018

Mapping of Global Plastics Value Chain and Plastics Losses to the Environment: With a Particular Focus on Marine Environment

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
This report provides a comprehensive global mapping of plastic losses to the environment throughout the plastic value chain using 2015 as the reference year.
October 2018

Regulating Plastics In Pacific Island Countries

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
This guide contains the policy foundations and high level policy settings for key areas of plastics regulation. Policymakers and legislative drafters in relevant PICs can use this guide to inform, develop and expand on laws to regulate the production, use and disposal of plastics.
July 2020

Breaking the Plastic Wave: Top findings for preventing plastic pollution

The Pew Charitable Trusts
This report introduces a new model designed to quantify key plastic flows and stocks in the global plastic system, estimate the quantity of ocean plastic pollution expected under six scenarios between 2016 and 2040, and assess the economic, environmental, and social impacts of the principal known solutions and technologies.
February 2018

Addressing Marine Plastics: A systemic approach – Stocktaking report

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
This document provides a summary of the available literature on the key sources and locations of marine plastics. It also looks at what is currently being done to address the problem of marine plastics and summarises existing policy responses in order to lay the groundwork for future action.
8 March 2018
Other News

Now Available: 2017 GGSD Forum Report

The GGSD Forum 2017 Greening the Ocean Economy Summary Report is now available.

14 November 2018
Events News

Our Future Water Berlin Event Recap: We need to change our view of water

Robert C. Brears, author of Urban Water Security and The Green Economy and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus, held the Our Future Water Berlin Event on 7 November 2018 at the InterContinental Hotel Berlin as part of the Berlin Science Week. A selection of topics on achieving water security was discussed by leading experts in the field.
27 February 2020

Towards a Pollution Free World: Seven Steps to Circularity

Steven Stone
Imagine an economy without waste. What would it look like? And what would we need to do to get there? In this thought piece, Steven Stone, Chief of the Resources and Markets Branch at UNEP, outlines seven steps to circularity plus a bonus step to measure #beyondGDP.

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