Plastic Pollution Coalition (project of Earth Island Institute) is a non-profit communications and advocacy organization that collaborates with an expansive global alliance of organizations, businesses, and individuals to create a more just, equitable, regenerative world free of plastic pollution and its toxic impacts.
We envision a world in which:
- Earth’s air, soil, and water are free of plastic pollution in all its forms and across the endless toxic existence of plastic. The food, drinking water, and bodies of all creatures are free of plastic and its chemical compounds.
- BIPOC, rural, and low-income communities are no longer disproportionately harmed by the petrochemical and plastics industries.
- Individuals, NGOs, businesses, and policymakers embody zero-waste values and work collaboratively to eliminate waste from our current socio-economic and political systems.
- Human culture has reestablished a harmonious relationship with nature, where nothing is wasted and all of life and Earth’s resources are valued, protected, and replenished.
- Businesses design goods to be package free or use packaging that is non-toxic and reusable or truly biodegradable and bio-benign.
- Corporations deliver their products using non-toxic refillable and reusable systems.
- Governments enforce regulations and legislation to support a circular economy.
- Fossil fuel industry dependence is diminished, and the global climate is protected.
Source: Plastic Pollution Coalition
Newsroom
- How Big Plastic is shaping what students learn in classrooms
- Outside Lands 2026 Aims to Execute the Highest Waste Diversion Rate of Any Large-Scale Music Festival in the United States
- When plastic companies write the lesson plans
- The Plastic We Wear: Hidden Fibers, Chemical Dyes, and the Future of Clean Textiles
- Proyectos de ley de CA y gobierno federal buscan reformar normativas sobre contenido reciclado
- California, federal bills aim to reform rules on recycled content
- New Report: Plastic Expelled: Exposing Industry Propaganda in U.S. Schools
- Recent Recalls on Plastic Toys—and How to Choose Safer Toys
- Earth Island Institute and Californians Against Waste File Motion to Intervene to Defend California’s “Truth in Environmental Labeling” Law (SB 343)
- Why Does Wildfire Smoke Smell Like Burning Plastic and Chemicals? And How to Protect Yourself
Plastic Free Guides
Our guides help individuals, businesses, organizations, and communities on their own unique plastic-free journeys. They offer practical tips, tools, and actions toward a healthier planet free from plastic pollution. We have collaborated with a number of our Coalition members to bring you these valuable resources, in order to make the sometimes daunting zero-waste journey more accessible – View Guides
