Plastic use is ubiquitous in modern life, but so is the associated pollution impacting human health, the environment, climate change, and more. ELI is working to address these problems by identifying actionable law and policy tools that can be used to regulate plastic at every stage of its life cycle and convening stakeholders to prioritize and advance these solutions. Our analyses—which draw from leadership across all sectors, are based on science, and aim to elevate principles of justice—allows for conversations to move beyond dialogue and into action.
Resources:
ELI Reports
- Plastics: Exposing Their Climate Impact
- Existing U.S. Federal Authorities to Address Plastic Pollution: A Synopsis for Decision Makers
- U.S. Authorities and Considerations for the Global Plastics Agreement | Environmental Law Institute
- PFAS Deskbook
- A National Strategy for Ocean Plastics
- Marine Litter Legislation: A Toolkit for Policymakers
ELI Blogs
- The U.S. Plastics Problem: The Road to Circularity
- Talking Trash About Plastics
- What Does Plastic Have to do With Climate Change?
ELI Events
- U.S. Authorities and Considerations for the Global Plastics Agreement
- Existing U.S. Federal Authorities to Address Plastic Pollution
- Moving Beyond Plastics: The Environmental Justice Impacts of Plastic Pollution
- A Primer on Compliance and Enforcement Issues for Plastics Pollution
- Global Review of Plastics Pollution: Managing Marine Litter
- Single-Use Plastics and the Pandemic
- Bioplastics: A Solution to Pollution?
External Resources
- Plastics & Climate: Exploring Data, Impacts, and Solutions (youtube.com)
- Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution (epa.gov)
- Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste (The National Academies Press)
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