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standards10 Jan 2026

Zero Plastic Oceans launches enterprise certification standard for corporate buyers

The ocean plastic certification body has published a new enterprise-tier standard designed for corporate buyers seeking to certify plastic neutrality at company or brand level rather than individual product level.

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market15 Dec 2025

rePurpose Global closes $20M Series B to expand Africa operations

The plastic credit intermediary has secured $20 million in growth funding to scale its project portfolio across sub-Saharan Africa, targeting Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Nigeria as primary expansion markets.

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market10 Dec 2025

Plastic credit spot prices hit $180/tonne for ocean-bound material in Q4 2025

Ocean-bound plastic credit spot prices retreated from their Q2 2025 record of $412/tonne to $180/tonne by Q4, as new supply from West Africa and expanded Indonesian projects enters the market.

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research5 Dec 2025

New research: plastic credits reduce collection costs by 40% in LMIC contexts

A peer-reviewed study across 47 collection projects finds that plastic credit revenue enables project operators to achieve unit collection costs that are 40 percent lower than comparable operations without credit income.

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policy20 Nov 2025

India tightens EPR plastic rules: mandatory credits for non-compliant producers

An amendment to India's Plastic Waste Management Rules introduces automatic EPR certificate purchase obligations for producers who miss collection targets, bringing plastic credits formally into the compliance framework.

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standards1 Nov 2025

Verra issues first VMR0006 credits from landmark Indonesian project

A coastal collection project in West Java has become one of the first to complete a full VMR0006 verification cycle, issuing 18,000 tonnes of certified plastic waste reduction credits to the Verra registry.

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corporate20 Oct 2025

Unilever expands plastic credit portfolio to 50,000 tonnes

The consumer goods giant has more than doubled its annual plastic credit purchasing, making it one of the largest single corporate buyers of voluntary plastic credits globally.

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policy5 Oct 2025

EU PPWR final text published — what it means for plastic credit demand

The EU's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation sets binding recycled content targets that will reshape corporate packaging strategies and drive long-term demand for certified collection and recycling credits.

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research28 Sept 2025

Over 300 million tons of plastic waste could fuel the future

New research shows that unrecycled plastic stockpiles represent a massive untapped energy and materials resource.

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research21 Sept 2025

This breakthrough can reduce plastic waste by 90% and capture CO₂

A new enzymatic recycling process promises to break down mixed plastics at commercial scale.

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research19 Sept 2025

Over 70% of plastics remain unrecycled — this catalyst changes everything

A catalytic process developed at MIT enables recycling of multi-layer packaging, the category responsible for most unrecycled plastic.

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market15 Sept 2025

$14 million funding signals a new era for sustainable materials

Singapore-based plastics recycling fund closes $14M Series A to connect plastic credit projects with institutional buyers in APAC.

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corporate13 Sept 2025

The hidden cost of plastic: why corporate action is urgent

New KPMG analysis puts the societal cost of plastic pollution at $3.7 trillion annually — more than the plastic industry contributes to GDP.

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