Stories & Thought Leadership

Explore our hub for stories from the ground and thought leadership articles featuring innovative solutions and successful initiatives aimed at ending plastic waste.

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StoryEducation

Watch: How recycling helps drive circularity

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February 24, 2025
Thought LeadershipInfrastructure

Turning ambition into impact: Actionable pathways to plastics circularity 

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December 19, 2024
StoryCleanups

We need a global treaty to cut plastic pollution, but that’s just the start

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July 10, 2024
StoryNorth America

4 Ways to Empower the Informal Sector

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April 18, 2024
StoryInspiration

Easy come, easy go: Designing for circularity with Megloo takeaway containers

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April 16, 2024
StoryEducation

The Technologies That Could Power a Plastic Waste Circular Economy

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January 11, 2023
StoryInspiration

Alliance at UNEA-5.2 in Nairobi, Kenya

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March 25, 2022
StoryInspiration

Powering Sustainability through Purpose & Action

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November 29, 2021
StoryEducation

Preparing Projects for the Long-Term: Understanding the Alliance

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September 21, 2021
StoryInspiration

Making sustainability affordable for all

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September 14, 2021
StoryCleanups

The cleanup movement is sweeping all corners of the world

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September 2, 2021
StoryInspiration

Not just small talk for Hungarian solar pavements

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August 31, 2021
StoryEducation

Why proper waste management is more important than going plastic-free

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August 23, 2021
StoryEducation

Thoughts from the Alliance: Funding the End of Plastic Waste

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August 18, 2021
StoryEducation

Could these be the first zero-waste cities?

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August 5, 2021
StoryEducation

3 reasons why we can do better than plastic bag bans

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August 2, 2021
StoryEducation

These are the top 5 most sustainable drink containers ranked

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July 23, 2021
StoryEducation

Thoughts from the Alliance: Believe in Recycling

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June 18, 2021
Thought LeadershipEducation

Thoughts from the Alliance: the notion of “Cascade Recycling“

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June 3, 2021
StoryEducation

The Circular Economy Explained

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May 31, 2021

Collective Action from Rivals Could End Plastic Waste

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May 27, 2021
StoryScience

Thoughts from the Alliance: Sorting out plastic waste solutions

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May 26, 2021
StoryEducation

Why is waste management key to ending plastic waste?

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May 26, 2021
Story

These countries are putting recycling on the curriculum

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May 18, 2021
StoryEducation

Why stigmatisation of plastics is unlikely to create change

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May 12, 2021
StoryCleanups

The countries who have built a culture of cleanups

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May 11, 2021
StoryCleanups

This is why every cleanup is more than just one cleanup

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May 5, 2021
StoryEducation

Cities Power Transport with Plastic Waste on Land, Sea, and Sky

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May 4, 2021
StoryInspiration

Eyewear from Water Bottles Aids Flint in Reducing Plastic Waste

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April 21, 2021
StoryCleanups

How to organise your own beach clean up

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April 9, 2021
StoryInspiration

‘Ecoboats’ from Plastic Waste Transform Fishing in Cameroon

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March 30, 2021
StoryEducation

The plastic waste problem explained

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March 22, 2021
StoryScience

Chemists are reimagining recycling to keep plastics out of landfills

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March 16, 2021
StoryInspiration

South Korean sparrows try to cap surge of throwaway plastic

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March 10, 2021
StoryEducation

How you can help end plastic waste in your own home

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March 4, 2021
StoryEducation

All plastics are technically recyclable, so what's holding us back?

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March 4, 2021
StoryEducation

These 7 countries are at the forefront of sustainability

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March 3, 2021
StoryInspiration

Changing the lives of the waste picker community

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March 1, 2021
StoryEducation

These 7 innovations are making circularity quicker and easier

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February 23, 2021
StoryEducation

What is the circular economy?

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February 18, 2021
StoryEducation

5 ways the fashion industry is becoming more circular

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February 10, 2021
StoryEducation

6 bright ideas in 2021 that are helping end plastic waste

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February 5, 2021
StoryEducation

10 ways to reduce reuse and recycle this holiday season

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December 21, 2020
Story

Bali's Organic Waste Processing Builds a Circular Economy for Plastic

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August 3, 2020
StoryInspiration

Integrating Waste Pickers into City Solid Waste Management Systems

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July 26, 2020
StoryInspiration

Elevating Waste Management to Spiritual Levels in Bali

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July 19, 2020
StoryInspiration

"My Dream is to Never Stop Dreaming" – Highlighting Waste Pickers

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July 12, 2020
StoryEducation

Looking into the ‘black bag’ and learning to face up to our waste

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July 5, 2020
StoryEducation

Is This The Future We Want For Our Children

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June 17, 2020
StoryCleanups

Turning the Tide on Plastic Waste

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June 1, 2020
StoryCleanups

Innovation in adversity. Re-thinking ways to tackle plastic waste

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May 5, 2020
StoryInspiration

Members forge ahead in the fight against COVID-19

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April 21, 2020
Story

Plastics Recovery Insights Steering Model (PRISM)

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