The world is drowning in single-use plastic. Sea turtles strangled by six-pack rings and whales with bellies full of discarded plastic show that it’s a marine pollution problem. But the problem really starts on land.

ELAW eBulletin For years, toxic waste from a lead mine had contaminated water, soil and aquatic wildlife around Klity Creek. ELAW helped our partners at EnLAW with information about the toxic impacts of lead contamination; EnLAW then obtained a judgement from a Thai court ordering the government to clean up the creek and compensate ethnic Karen villagers in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok.