Energy security or plastic profits?

Fossil fuel and chemical industries’ interests are influencing India’s positions in various multilateral environmental and trade agreements related to climate, plastics, and chemicals.

Plastics: A Toxic Love Story

A workshop on understanding the plastics ‘death cycle’ – from fossil fuels to pollution 17–21 May, 2024 Context Big money is set to fuel the making of more plastics in India. The industry has...

Dhapa: Plastic fumes from Kolkata’s largest landfill threaten locals’ lives

According to the West Bengal Pollution Control Board, the concentration of particulate matter at the Dhapa site is more than four times higher than it should be.

Nobody wants to control Plastics, including India | On Second Thought

The third attempt at a plastic treaty bombed. Held in Nairobi and attempted by reps from all nations couldn’t reach a consensus, thanks to the petrochem companies. They flew in umpteen lobbyists and even...

Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations – How corporate lobbyists overwhelmed the negotiations

The Global Plastics Treaty, which aims to address plastic pollution across its full lifecycle has the potential to do so through production reduction, removal of non-essential plastics and corporate accountability. However, the negotiations which...

Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations – How corporate lobbyists overwhelmed the negotiations

Fossil Fuel and Chemical Industries Registered More Lobbyists at Plastics Treaty Talks than 70 Countries Combined

143 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists have registered to attend the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) to advance a global plastics treaty, gaining access to the negotiations at a time...

Petrochemicals, Plastics, and Politics

CFA and Sambhaavnaa Institute offer this workshop to help participants understand the relationship between fossil fuels and plastics. It also aims to help the participant understand what it takes to make plastics and the...

What’s happening in the petrochemical and plastics industry this month! Monthly Update | May 2023

We present the developments over the past month on petrochemicals, plastics and waste to energy plants in the country.

We need a strong plastics treaty that regards people and the planet | Swathi Seshadri at INC2

Swathi Seshadri speaks at the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment at INC-2.

As negotiation on Global Plastics Treaty gets underway, India should reconsider contradictory stance

The Indian government has kept its eye on billions in revenue from the polluting petrochemical industry while making half-hearted measures to curb plastic use.

How plastics caused fire & affected air, water, soil, life in Brahmapuram

“Operation successful but the patient died” is perhaps the best phrase to describe the handling of the Brahmapuram fire which ravaged the city of Kochi. Spread over 110 acres of land, the Brahmapuram dumpyard...

Global Plastics Treaty

A Global Plastics Treaty is being negotiated under the aegis of the UNEP. This is an outcome of the advocacy with the United Nations Environment Assembly by several civil society organisations globally since 2017....

Workshop on Petrochemicals, Plastics, and Politics

Petrochemicals, Plastics, and Politics How the fossil fuel industry has taken over our lives and what it means A 4-day workshop organized by the Centre for Financial Accountability in collaboration with Sambhaavnaa Institute December...

Three Months On, India’s Single-Use Plastic Ban A Dud

Banned plastic including straws, cutlery found in circulation in Mumbai and Delhi. Experts call the ban weak and ask that big players, that produce more plastic, and more plastic items be brought under the...