Plastic Health Fund

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Does the UK need a National Plastic Health Impact Research Fund?

We have the right to know how plastic is affecting our health.

Along with more than 80 NGOs, scientists, and MPs, we are asking the UK Government to allocate £15 Million of Whitehall R&D funding towards urgent research into the human health impacts of plastic.

Join us in asking the UK Government to introduce a National Plastic Health Impact Research Fund.

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Early Day Motions

MPs from across the House lead calls for a £15 million National Plastic Health Impact Research Fund.

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80 scientists, campaigners and MPs have called on the Government to fund urgent research.

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Conservative Party Conference

Common Seas hosted a packed event at Conservative Party Conference 2021.

Plastic Drawdown

A toolkit to help governments understand their country’s plastic waste flows and take effective mitigation action

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Clean Blue Alliance

Our vision is a global network of plastic waste-free islands. We are working with governments, councils, businesses and local changemakers to identify and accelerate solutions.

Ocean Plastics Academy

A movement to help educators inspire and equip the next generation to solve the plastic challenge, while helping schools to become plastic-waste free.

Healthy Me. Healthy Sea.

A world-first investigation into how plastic is affecting human health, with findings that will raise awareness and drive action.

Learn about our countries

Clean Blue Paros

We’re helping Paros become the first single-use plastic waste-free island in the Mediterranean. By delivering a success story here, we are showcasing a methodology that could work anywhere.

Clean Blue Maldives

Supported by evidence from our Plastic Drawdown programme, the President of the Maldives announced a total phase-out of single-use plastics by 2023. We provide technical assistance and demonstrate the impact of policy to support this ambitious strategy.

Clean Blue Indonesia

Together with our partners, we are cleaning up the Brantas River, transforming it into a source of healthy drinking water for the millions of people living along its banks. The Brantas is one of the most polluted rivers in the world. About 50% of the plastic waste currently in and entering the Brantas is single-use diapers. Our local team is therefore initially focusing on stopping the flow of single-use diapers into the river in a way that brings widespread and long-lasting social and economic benefits to the region.