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• Organization

  WWF: No Plastic in Nature

  WWF’s global plastics programme, working on the treaty, extended producer responsibility and reuse systems.

  Policy and advocacyReuse and refill
• Research

  More than 1000 rivers account for 80% of global riverine plastic emissions into the ocean

  Meijer, L. et al. | Science Advances | 2021

  Showed that plastic comes from many small and medium rivers, not just a handful of large ones, which shapes where interceptors and collection should go.

  Research and scienceRiver and ocean interception
• Organization

  Tangaroa Blue Foundation

  Runs the Australian Marine Debris Initiative, where volunteers log what they collect on beaches so the data can trace litter to its source and stop it there.

  Education and communityResearch and science
• Law or Bill

  Global Plastics Treaty (UN negotiations)

  International | Negotiations resuming; next formal session expected March 2027

  A legally binding treaty on plastic pollution across its full life cycle, under negotiation since 2022.

  Policy and advocacy