Plastic Credits in the Global Plastics Treaty – a Dangerous Distraction

Plastic offsets and credits will not tackle plastic pollution or channel finance to where it is most needed in a stable, long term and reliable way. Multiple investigations and reports have found that the burgeoning plastic credits and offsetting system is flawed and does nothing to avoid the generation of plastic pollution, nor does it reduce the use of virgin plastic. As such, plastic credits should not be incorporated into the financial mechanisms of a future plastic treaty.

Read this 2-page policy brief from Break Free From Plastic and GAIA – Global Alliance For Incinerator Alternatives.