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Does ING Bank Finance Plastic Pollution? We Posed the Question at Their Annual General Meeting

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.

Toxic Finance Report: The Banks and Investors Funding the Expansion of Petrochemicals in the United States

Major Banks Backing Risky U.S. Petrochemical Expansion Despite Mounting Legal and Financial Warnings

Break Free From Plastic

March 26, 2026

Plastics & Health, Press Release

The General Circular Economy Law in Mexico does not ban single-use plastics: UN Special Rapporteur on Toxic Substances

During his visit to Mexico, he calls on authorities to use scientific evidence to inform and create effective regulatory standards and public policies

Break Free From Plastic

March 26, 2026

Member Stories, Plastics & Health

10 years of BFFP: the role of Brazil's Instituto Pólis in the global fight against plastic pollution

This year, BFFP is celebrating a decade of collective work promoting real solutions to plastic pollution. In Latin America, Instituto Pólis—a Brazilian civil society organization with over 30 years of experience addressing urban, social, and environmental issues, and where BFFP took its first steps in the region—has played a key role in this process.

Break Free From Plastic

March 17, 2026

Corporate Accountability, Policy, Real Solutions

International Women’s Day: GAIA/BFFP Africa Addresses Plastic Pollution through a Gender Justice Lens

Plastic pollution poses a critical threat to both human health and the environment, a crisis that is expected to worsen as global plastic production continues to rise.

Break Free From Plastic

March 10, 2026

Corporate Accountability, Press Release

Nigeria’s Plastic Crisis Driven by Vested Corporate Interests - New Nationwide Audit Reveals

A nationwide plastic brand audit conducted across eight Nigerian cities by Break Free From Plastic (BFFP) and the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) has identified multinational beverage companies and single-use plastic producers as the largest contributors to Nigeria’s worsening plastic pollution crisis.

Break Free From Plastic

February 18, 2026

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Corporate Accountability, News

Anything but Reduction: The American Chemistry Council’s Empty “Circular Economy” Promises

May 24, 2018 by Break Free From Plastic

The American Chemistry Council, representing the plastic producers most responsible for the plastic pollution crisis has pledged to recycle or “recover” 100% of plastic packaging by 2040.READ MORE

Member Stories, News, Plastics & Health

Hazardous chemicals in plastic packaging: an initial analysis

May 23, 2018 by Break Free From Plastic

CHEM Trust has joined an important collaboration of NGOs and academic scientists looking at the topical and crucial issue of hazardous chemicals in plastic packaging.READ MORE

Corporate Accountability, News, Press Release

Holding businesses accountable for plastic pollution: Clean-up and brand audits take place in key cities in India

May 17, 2018 by Jed Alegado

As a lead-up to World Environment Day on June 5, environmental justice groups are launching today an unprecedented coordinated waste and brand audits in key cities in India.READ MORE

Corporate Accountability, Member Stories, Petrochemicals & Climate

Resin Industry Takes First Tentative Step to Deal with Plastic Pollution

May 16, 2018 by Break Free From Plastic

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Toxic Finance Report: The Banks and Investors Funding the Expansion of Petrochemicals in the United States

The General Circular Economy Law in Mexico does not ban single-use plastics: UN Special Rapporteur on Toxic Substances

10 years of BFFP: the role of Brazil's Instituto Pólis in the global fight against plastic pollution

International Women’s Day: GAIA/BFFP Africa Addresses Plastic Pollution through a Gender Justice Lens

Nigeria’s Plastic Crisis Driven by Vested Corporate Interests - New Nationwide Audit Reveals

Recent Posts

Anything but Reduction: The American Chemistry Council’s Empty “Circular Economy” Promises

Hazardous chemicals in plastic packaging: an initial analysis

Holding businesses accountable for plastic pollution: Clean-up and brand audits take place in key cities in India

Resin Industry Takes First Tentative Step to Deal with Plastic Pollution

Get in touch with us for media requests, story and content collaborations, inquiries regarding press releases and other materials!

Join the 13,000+ members representing millions of people around the world.