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A woman - Jo Royle - in a red sweater standing on a beach with the sea in the background

Change at the helm of Common Seas

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Reuse highlighted at the 11th World Ocean Summit

Litter on a beach

Small Islands will “choke on plastic” if urgent action is not taken through the UN Plastics Treaty

Piles of litter on a beach

Common Seas asks for an Ambitious Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution that Safeguards our Oceans, our Climate and our Health

Plastic debris on a pebble beach

Supporting governments around the world to deliver ambitious targets to reduce plastic pollution.

A maldivian woman in a headscarf in rainforest.

Protecting Maldives’ unique and precious waters by helping citizens and visitors to stop using single-use plastic bottles.

A beach clean-up in Greece, with a figure walking towards the camera holding a sack.

Supporting Greece to fulfil its potential for clean, blue waters and a healthy future

A closeup photo of someone holding three brightly coloured reusable diapers, or nappies.

Empowering communities in Indonesia to implement circular solutions

The Maldivian President, speaking at the UN General Assembly in 2019

From theory to practice: How countries can start developing policies to phase out plastic pollution