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As part of the tenth anniversary of Break Free From Plastic, the experience of Fundación El Árbol demonstrates how global change begins in communities. From southern Chile, the organization has championed the recognition of grassroots waste pickers, promoted zero-waste models, and built alliances that today fuel a global movement against plastic pollution.

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Con el objetivo de fortalecer y dar visibilidad a experiencias locales que promueven la prevención y gestión responsable de residuos, la iniciativa Rutas basura cero seleccionó una serie de recorridos presenciales ejecutados por organizaciones locales en distintos países de América Latina.

Break Free From Plastic and Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)

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Groups protest growing plastic pollution crisis in Samoa at CCEP’s Annual General Meeting

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Plastic production relies on capital to fund its operations. And right now, major banks like ING are supplying it without limits. Campaigners and members of the Break Free From Plastic movement took their concerns directly to ING's board in Amsterdam, exposing the gap between the bank's public sustainability commitments and its continued financing of virgin plastic production.

Laura Díaz Sánchez, Campaign Building Coordinator, Break Free From Plastic