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Since its launch in 2016, more than 12,000 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.

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Plastic and Petrochemical-Fueled Derailment Disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S. One Month Ago Today

One month after the initial derailment, #BreakFreeFromPlastic members impacted by the disaster still wonder whether it’s safe to drink their water or return to their homes. The ongoing disaster comes as these groups were already grappling with the daily threats the plastic and petrochemical industry poses to their health and communities. Today marks one month […]
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Plastic and Petrochemical-Fueled Derailment Disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S. One Month Ago Today

One month after the initial derailment, #BreakFreeFromPlastic members impacted by the disaster still wonder whether it’s safe to drink their water or return to their homes. The ongoing disaster comes as these groups were already grappling with the daily threats the plastic and petrochemical industry poses to their health and communities. Today marks one month […]
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East Palestine Sign that says Please Pray For EP
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Calling Asian countries top plastic polluters is waste colonialism

#BreakFreeFromPlastic responds to circulating graphics naming countries in Asia as top marine plastic polluters Manila, Philippines—Over the past couple of days, a misleading graphic on marine plastic pollution has been circulating on social media.  The visual material, based on a 2021 research paper by Lourens J.J. Meijer (formerly, with The Ocean Cleanup) and team, presents […]
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New McDonald's study attempts to water down EU ambition on reuse

Today, the fast-food corporation McDonald’s released the “No Silver Bullet” campaign, based on a study they commissioned about consumer-facing packaging in the European informal eating out (IEO) sector. Unsurprisingly, their study uses unclear data and assumptions to undermine the essential role that reusable products and systems have in solving the plastic pollution crisis. 
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Plastic and Petrochemical-Fueled Derailment Disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S. One Month Ago Today
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By Break Free From Plastic US

Plastic and Petrochemical-Fueled Derailment Disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S. One Month Ago Today

Community Members Still Demanding Answers About The Health Impacts Caused By Norfolk Southern’s Releasing And Burning Of Toxic Plastic-Making Chemical: Vinyl Chloride

March 3, 2023
Calling Asian countries top plastic polluters is waste colonialism
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By BFFP Asia Pacific

Calling Asian countries top plastic polluters is waste colonialism

A misleading graphic on marine plastic pollution circulating on social media presents several Asian countries as top contributors to ocean plastic wastes without context and acknowledgment of what creates this scenario. Perpetuating the misleading framing that countries in Asia are the main contributors to plastic pollution in the oceans distracts from the real causes of plastic pollution as well as the solutions we need.

March 3, 2023
New McDonald's study attempts to water down EU ambition on reuse
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By Comms Hub

New McDonald's study attempts to water down EU ambition on reuse

Environment NGOs regret both short-sighted approach ignoring well researched solutions, and lack of substantiated data and transparency

February 28, 2023
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Plastics Treaty

On March 2, 2022, the United Nations approved a landmark agreement to create the world’s first-ever global plastics pollution treaty, adopted upon the conclusion of the resumed fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.2).

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