Plastic Soup Foundation

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• Research

  Plastic pollution in the world’s oceans: more than 5 trillion plastic pieces weighing over 250,000 tons afloat at sea

  Eriksen, M. et al. (5 Gyres Institute) | PLOS ONE | 2014

  The first global estimate of floating ocean plastic, built from 5 Gyres expedition data.

  Research and science
• Law or Bill

  Chile single-use plastics in food service (Law 21.368)

  Chile | In force, phased

  Restricts single-use plastic in restaurants and food delivery and promotes refillable drink bottles; builds on Chile’s 2016 producer responsibility law.

  Policy and advocacy
• Organization

  Plastic Free Bali (Rotary)

  West Bali, Indonesia

  A Rotary Foundation global grant by the Rotary Clubs of Bali Seminyak, Woodend (Victoria) and Perth with Yayasan Biosfir Indonesia, bringing waste sorting, composting, recycling and door-to-door education to four villages beside West Bali National Park.

  Collection and recyclingEducation and community
• Organization

  Basel Convention Secretariat

  Geneva, Switzerland

  Its plastic waste amendments, in force since 2021, require consent before hard-to-recycle plastic waste is shipped between countries.

  Policy and advocacy