By Hala El Shahed | Regional Foundations Officer-Greenpeace MENA
Mobilizing for a Strong Global Plastics Treaty
Greenpeace MENA’s participation in the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations expanded through observer engagement in multiple Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) sessions, including in Canada, South Korea, and Geneva, ensuring sustained representation of MENA perspectives in shaping a legally binding treaty. Advocacy efforts reinforced calls for full lifecycle regulation of plastics, binding production reduction targets, and equitable financial mechanisms for affected countries. Greenpeace MENA also urged our region’s leaders to push for a strong, legally binding treaty that reduces plastic production, bans single-use plastics, includes re-use targets and provides robust and equitable financial mechanisms for Global South countries to support a fair transition to a plastic free future.
Exposing the Human Cost of Plastic Pollution
Greenpeace MENA produced ‘A Sea of Plastic’, a documentary exposing the human cost of plastic pollution across Egypt, the UAE, Morocco, and Tunisia. Through real-life community stories, the film highlights how plastic waste is undermining coastal livelihoods, public health, and biodiversity, while amplifying local voices working to protect their environments and futures.
Creative Partnerships: Making Plastic Pollution Visible in Everyday Life
Greenpeace MENA partnered with media influencer Reine Al Maila to amplify people-centered narratives on plastic pollution across the region. The collaboration explored the human and environmental impacts of plastics, including links to women’s health, food systems, and agriculture, translating complex science into accessible storytelling that strengthened public engagement around plastic-free solutions.
Our Supporters are Growing
In 2025, the Plastic-Free Future campaign continued expanding its global supporter base and mobilizing community action.
Key Numbers
10,000 Total petition signatures
7,600 New supporters in 2025
32,000+ Total petition signatures worldwide
Hundreds Volunteers mobilized in beach cleanups across Morocco, Tunisia, and Lebanon
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Microplastics are everywhere - lurking in our food, water, and even the air we breathe. Disturbingly, these tiny particles have now been found inside our bodies.
While the world lurches from crisis to crisis, microplastics are silently infiltrating our lives, our communities and our planet.
It’s time to react. Our best hope is to tackle the root of the problem, by reducing the amount of plastic being produced.
Tell the government to push hard for a strong Global Plastics Treaty to make plastic pollution a thing of the past.
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