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The global movement envisioning a future free from plastic pollution.

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.

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Making the invisible visible: how researchers are using cartoons to explain the hidden harms of plastic pollution

Plastic pollution requires scientific research to guide effective solutions. The French research group GDR collaborated with scriptwriter Capucine Dupuy and illustrator Bobika to turn their findings into humorous, accessible cartoons - a collaboration we discussed with Professor Mathieu George and Capucine Dupuy.

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On World Environment Day, a Giant ‘Eye’ Appears in Jeju

As South Korea elects its 21st president, Korean civil society coalition calls for “plastic production cuts,” unfurling #WeAreWatching flag ahead of World Environment Day and global plastics treaty negotiation.

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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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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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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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[Asia Pacific Media Briefing] Covering INC 5.2: Country Positions on the Global Plastics Treaty

July 17, 2025 | Comms Hub

This briefing is designed to prepare journalists and other communications professionals who will cover the extended fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2). Country negotiators are set to reconvene in Geneva, Switzerland on August 5-14, 2025 for the next round of plastics treaty negotiations (INC 5.2).
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News, Plastics & Health, Spotlight

Making the invisible visible: how researchers are using cartoons to explain the hidden harms of plastic pollution

July 9, 2025 | Break Free From Plastic

Plastic pollution requires scientific research to guide effective solutions. The French research group GDR collaborated with scriptwriter Capucine Dupuy and illustrator Bobika to turn their findings into humorous, accessible cartoons - a collaboration we discussed with Professor Mathieu George and Capucine Dupuy.
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Corporate Accountability, News

Is Corporate Sustainability Used to Avoid Accountability for the Sachet Problem?

July 8, 2025 | Break Free From Plastic

At the center of this crisis are multinational corporations that have built their business models around disposable packaging while promoting corporate sustainability pledges that sound bold but rarely deliver.
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Daily summary of the second part of the fifth round of #PlasticsTreaty Negotiations (INC-5.2) in Geneva, Switzerland

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Corporate Accountability

Navigating Plastic Pollution Financing: Challenges and Opportunities

This panel discussion is organised by the Center of Science and Environment and Break Free From Plastic as part of the Plastic Parleys webinar series. It serves as a curtain-raiser to the Fifth INC Session, scheduled for November in Busan, South Korea.

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Plastic People Documentary

Plastic People is a landmark feature documentary that chronicles humanity’s fraught relationship with plastic and one woman’s mission to expose shocking new revelations about the impact of microplastics on human health.

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