Port of Antwerp: an NGOs coalition against "what could become Europe’s biggest plastic production site"

A coalition of NGOs brought two legals challenges arguing that the INEOS' Project One, which "could become Europe’s biggest plastic production site in the Port of Antwerp, shouldn't go ahead", the association said on 24/04/2026.

During the hearing at the Flemish Council for Permit Disputes on 23/04, the coalition, including ClientEarth, Greenpeace Belgium and Bond Beter Leefmilieu (BBL), "presented evidence showing that the facility threatens local communities through its projected health impacts and would further degrade surrounding nature that has already faced years of industrial pollution - to name only a few issues".

Since 2020, the chemicals manufacturing company INEOS "has applied for permit-after-permit to build its €4 Bn Project One development, which would use fracked fossil gas to make the raw materials for plastic", specified the NGOs.

"Despite one of the permits being overturned in 2023, INEOS has continued to plough ahead with permit requests. In each project application, lawyers argue that the company have repeatedly failed to address Project One’s full impact on…