Dear govt, you can’t burn your way out of a plastic crisis

As part of the 2025-26 budget, the state govt announced two waste-to-energy incineration plants

‘Lie-cycling’: Only 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled so far — is this recycling getting undue attention?

While governments and corporations focus on ‘techno-fixes’ and individual-centric sustainability practices

Street vendors are the low-hanging fruits in the battle against plastic

Single-use plastic ban vilified street vendors and small players, but conveniently missed the real villains: the producers and users of plastic – petrochemicals companies, plastic producers, and FMCG companies – who choose to make...

Global Plastics Treaty INC 5: People, planet held hostage by private profits

What transpired during INC 5 is the outcome of a process, which lacked leadership and courage needed to represent the mandate laid out in resolution 5/14 and address conflicts that emerged through the two...

“Waste Colonialism”: Study on global plastic pollution slammed for downplaying role of wealthy nations

A new study on global plastic pollution published by the University of Leeds in the NatureJournal is facing criticism for failing to account for the impacts of ‘waste colonialism’—the practice of high-income countries exporting...

Centre for Financial Accountability Launches a New Microsite dedicated to its Plastics Fuel Infertility Campaign

Press Note 12 September 2024, Delhi: Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) launched an exclusive microsite dedicated to its ‘Plastics Fuel Infertility’ campaign (PFIC), on 28th August 2024 through an online event. The Campaign aims...

Launch of the ‘Plastics Fuel Infertility’ Campaign’s Microsite

Event Date: August 28, 2024, 4:00 PM to 6.00 PM Organised by: Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) Join the event via Zoom: https://bit.ly/microsite-launch The Centre for Financial Accountability is set to launch a new...

Burn and Earn: Another facet of Plastic Credits and the false solution that it is

Fighting plastic pollution is a herculean task in itself. However, on top of fighting to save the planet and the people from the impacts of the entire plastic life-cycle

PACKAGE: Where has the plastic waste disappeared?

One in three plastic generators in Tamil Nadu does not recycle plastic waste according to govt-mandated norms. Despite a Feb 2022 Union govt rule for all plastic waste generators to recycle their waste under...

Burn and Earn: Another facet of Plastic Credits and the false solution that it is

Fighting plastic pollution is a herculean task in itself. However, on top of fighting to save the planet and the people from the impacts of the entire plastic life-cycle, we are confronted with yet...

CFA Workshop Explores the ‘Death Cycle’ of Plastics and Calls for Industry Accountability

The Centre for Financial Accountability recently concluded its workshop ‘Plastics: A Toxic Love Story’, organised in collaboration with the Sambhaavnaa Institute between May 17 and 21, 2024 at the Institute’s Kandbari campus.

Plastic Life Span: Report Flags Grave Health Risks for People in Vicinity of Panipat Refinery

The CFA report comes during the 4th round of Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee talks in Ottawa on international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in marine environment.

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.