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Since its launch in 2016, more than 13,000 organizations and individual supporters from across the world have joined the #BreakFreeFromPlastic movement to demand massive reductions in single-use plastics and to push for lasting solutions to the plastic pollution crisis.

Treaty March 2024
1123 Busan Plastics
March 2024

Join us for the 1123 Busan Plastic March to urge countries to implement a strong and effective treaty to end plastic pollution.

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The Story of Sachets
The Story of Sachets

What began as a seemingly benevolent solution to harness growing demand in emerging economies, sachets were marketed as a means to cater to the needs of low-income consumers but later morphed into a widespread environmental crisis.

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Global Plastics Treaty
Global Plastics Treaty

Since 2022, more than 170 countries have been negotiating the world’s first-ever global plastics pollution treaty. The fifth and last scheduled round of negotiations will take place from 25 November to 1 December 2024 in Busan, Republic of Korea.

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Groups call for elimination of polluting sachets as plastics treaty talks intensify

Civil society leaders also demand greater transparency and participation in upcoming plastics treaty negotiations

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New Research
New Research Confirms Plastic Production Is Directly Linked to Plastic Pollution

Study Finds That More Than Half of Global Branded Plastic Pollution Can be Tracked to Just 56 Companies

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Toxic Tours
Toxic Tours

Join the communities on the frontlines from petrochemical build outs upstream to landfills and incinerators downstream. See firsthand how plastic devastates natural ecosystems, and destroys people’s health, livelihoods, and peace of mind.

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OUR GOAL
Bring systemic change through a holistic approach tackling plastic pollution across the whole plastics value chain, focusing on prevention rather than cure, and providing effective solutions.
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Plastics Treaty March 2024
The 1123 Busan Plastic March will be held prior to the 5th Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee Meeting (INC-5, BEXCO, Busan, Nov. 25-Dec. 1) to raise our voice to urge government delegations to implement a strong and effective internationally legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution.
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Exiting Petrochemicals: A Guide for Financial Institutions
Developed in consultation with climate policy advocates, financial analysts and communities on the frontlines of petrochemical production, this guide explains how financial institutions can consider the impact of petrochemicals as part of their environmental and social risk frameworks, and develop their approach for a responsible exit from the petrochemical supply chain.
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Corporate Accountability
The Story of Sachets
For years, global corporations have tried shifting the blame for plastic pollution onto individual consumers. Corporations have touted false solutions instead of phasing out problematic, polluting, single-use plastic formats like sachets.
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