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.
The study perpetuates misleading narratives and ignores the impacts of waste colonialism
Civil society leaders also demand greater transparency and participation in upcoming plastics treaty negotiations
A Break Free From Plastic Asia Pacific Communications Fellowship 2024 program
Observers witness “compromise” as an underwhelming response from countries that decline to advance the work on plastic production measures
Study Finds That More Than Half of Global Branded Plastic Pollution Can be Tracked to Just 56 Companies
Exposing the top sachet polluting companies with brand audits. This report is the first-of-its-kind regional brand audit analysing original data on sachet packaging pollution collected in four Asian countries: India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
Building on research published by SourceMaterial and Bloomberg with original research by Break Free From Plastic (BFFP) and the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), this report uncovers serious flaws in plastic offsets, credits and plastic neutrality.
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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