Plastic

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Eine Deponie voller Plastikmüll in Ayutthayas Bang Ban District

Thailand’s Plastic Waste Conundrum

Published: 16 November 2021
Analysis
Despite the Thai government’s ban of four more types of single-use plastics in 2022, up to 250,000 tonnes of imported plastic waste from other nations continues to flow into the country annually through the international plastic waste trade. Thailand is trying to stay the course with further efforts to mitigate plastic pollution, but there are still challenges in waste sorting and collection on the ground.
Pratch Rujivanarom

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Publications

Ocean Atlas

Published: 17 November 2025
Atlas
Without the ocean there would be no life on our planet. But the future of this unique ecosystem faces a grave threat today. The Ocean Atlas 2017 delivers with its 18 contributions and 50 graphics the relevant facts and figures about the ocean.
Combatting Global Plastic Pollution Cover Mit Grafik

Combatting Global Plastic Pollution

Published: 14 March 2023
Infobrief
A critical look at the entire plastics cycle is also of crucial importance from a feminist perspective, because the plastic problem cannot simply be reduced to consumer use patterns or to harmful microplastics in cosmetic products. On the contrary, every stage of the plastics cycle reflects different gender-specific experiences and exposures.
Plastic Crisis Leporello short

Ways out of the plastic crisis:

Published: 24 June 2021
Demand paper
Stop flooding the world with plastic! For the first time in Germany, major civil society actors have come together in an alliance to resolve the plastics crisis and have formulated 15 demands for the German government to act on.
Book cover of Plastic, waste & me

Unpacked!

Published: 6 May 2021
Book
Specifically developed and designed for a young international audience, the digital book "Unpacked! Plastic, Waste, & Me" answers 70 questions about plastic in colorful infographics and six true stories. Book designer and author Gesine Grotrian and a team of experts from the Heinrich Böll Foundation together with an advisory board of young people from all over the world have created an exciting non-fiction book for young people aged 12 and over.
Plastic Atlas 2019 Cover

Plastic Atlas

Published: 5 November 2019
Atlas
The Plastic Atlas provides facts and figures about the world of synthetic polymers.  ➢ Download or order now!
Cover Plastikatlas - Weltkugel untzer Plastikfolie

Plastikatlas

Published: 6 June 2019
Atlas
Our Plastikatlas 2019 provides facts and figures about a world full of plastic.

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Plastic Atlases

Published: 11 November 2021
Sammlung
The plastic atlas offers data and facts about a world full of plastic. Since the first German plastic atlas was published in June 2019, our international offices have published numerous other versions, both translations and regional editions. The atlases are accompanied by informative online dossiers and interesting video clips on the offices' websites. But other exciting formats have also emerged around the plastic atlas. Here is an overview.

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