We have to drastically reduce our fossil fuel consumption, not replace one with another.  To regain international leadership in fighting the climate and plastic pollution crises and to protect citizens from escalating prices and resulting conflicts, the European Union needs to confront and drastically reduce virgin plastic production, starting with halting the production of unnecessary single-use plastics and packaging. EU packaging and packaging waste policies and global policy opportunities such as the Global Plastics Treaty are paving the way for transformation. But what is the real potential for change? And what are environmental activists expecting from these processes? Join us for the last episode of this podcast series with host Sarah Diedro Jordão and her guests Esra Tat (Zero Waste Europe) and Carroll Muffett (Center for International Environmental Law). 

Transcript: Coming soon! 

Recorded in April 2023. 

Read the Winter is Coming report: https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/winter-is-coming/ 

Amadeo Ghiotto and Delphine Lévi Alvarès co-authored the report, with support from Andy Gheorghiu (Andy Gheorghiu Consulting), and review by Lili Fuhr (CIEL), Tom Harrison (GGON), Carroll Muffett (CIEL), Joan Marc Simon (Zero Waste Europe), Sarah Baulch (The Pew Charitable Trusts), and Jozef Vandermeulen (FairFin). 

Find out more about Esra Tat: https://zerowasteeurope.eu/about/team/#team2-esra-tat 

Find out more about Carroll Muffett: https://www.ciel.org/about-us/ciel-staff/carroll-muffett/ 

This podcast series was created by Amadeo Ghiotto (Greenpeace) and Bethany Spendlove Keeley (Break Free From Plastic).

Our audio editor and podcast consultant is Anja Krieger.

The Music is from the YouTube Audio Library:

Accralate - The Dark Contenent by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100341

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Cover design elements by Bryan Mathers, Visual Thinkery.

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