ZERO WASTE REPORTS

Plastic-To-Fuel: A Losing Proposition – Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) – 1/13/2022 – (WEAL is mentioned on page 7)

Canadian organics programs share lessons learned on policy, plastics and public engagement -Waste Dive - 10/18/2021

The New Coal – Plastics and the Climate - Beyond Plastics - October 2021 

BRANDED - #breakfreefromplastic Brand Audit Report for 2021 – Break Free From Plastic - October 2021

A Zero Waste Agenda for BC - (British Columbia) - October 2021

WISCONSIN - 2020-2021 Wisconsin Statewide Waste Characterization Study - Wisconsin DNR - 9/02/2021 

Microplastics in landfill leachates: The need for reconnaissance studies and remediation technologies - Science  Direct - Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering - 6/03/2021

 A Tale of Five Cities Plastic Barriers to Zero Waste - Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) – 7/28/2021

Missing the Mark: Unveiling Corporate False Solutions to the Plastic Crisis | Break Free From Plastic - 6/22/2021 - Break Free From Plastic

5 Things Plastic Polluters Don't Want you to Know about Chemical Recycling - Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (no-burn.org) - 5/17/2021 - Changing Markets, GAIA and Zero Waste Europe

The 50 States of Recycling – A State-by-State Assessment of Containers and Packaging Recycling Rates – (3/30/21) – Eunomia Research & Consulting and Ball Corp.

Zero Waste City Manual – (6/29/2020) – Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG), Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) and #breakfreefromplastic

Chemical Recycling: Status, Sustainability, and Environmental Impacts – (6/03/2020) - Andrew Rollinson, PhD, Jumoke Oladejo, PhD and Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives

All Talk and No Recycling: An Investigation of the U.S. “Chemical Recycling” Industry Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives Released 7/28/2020

The Story of Plastic – Trailer – Story of Stuff Project – WEAL plans to screen this film in 2020

Questions and Answers: Chemical Recycling - Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) – 10/29/2019 – Fact Sheet

"BRANDED Volume II: Identifying the World’s Top Corporate Plastic Polluters" Break Free From Plastic – Released 10/22/2019

Throwing Away the Future: How Companies Still Have It Wrong on Plastic Pollution “Solutions” Greenpeace – 10/01/2019

The Beach Beyond - Ocean Conservancy – International Coastal Cleanup Report - 2019

Where Are Plastic Bags Banned Around the World? - June 2019

Where Dos Your Plastic Go? Global Investigation Reveals America’s Dirty Secret - June 2019

No Plastic In Nature: Assessing Plastic Ingestion From Nature to People - June 2019

PACKAGING AWAY THE PLANET U.S. GROCERY RETAILERS AND THE PLASTIC POLLUTION CRISIS - June 2019

STOP THE FLOOD OF PLASTIC - How Mediterranean countries can save their sea - June 2019

Plastic Drawdown - June 2019

UN Environment - SINGLE-USE PLASTICS A Roadmap for Sustainability - June 2019

THE RECYCLING MYTH MALAYSIA AND THE BROKEN GLOBAL RECYCLING SYSTEM - June 2019

Plastic & Climate: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet - Released 5/15/2019

Discarded: Communities on the Frontlines of the Global Plastic Crisis - Released 4/2019

Plastic & Health: The Hidden Cost of a Plastic Planet – Released 2/19/2019

Plastics Exposed: How Waste Assessments and Brand Audits are Helping Philippine Cities Fight Plastic Pollution – Released 2019

Branded – In Search of the World’s Top Corporate Plastic Polluters - Released 2019

The rise in ocean plastics evidenced from a 60-year time series – Released 2019

Data from the global plastics waste trade 2016-2018 and the offshore impact of China’s foreign waste import ban – Released 2019

Human footprint in the abyss: 30 year records of deep-sea plastic debris – Released 2018

"Recycling Is Not Enough - It's Time to Rethink how to Solve the Plastic Waste Crisis" - Released 1/22/2018