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Two Arrests in Texas for Peaceful Protest Against Dow Chemical; Public Meeting Announced for Dow’s Water Discharge Permit

77-Year-Old Wilson arrested while attempting to deliver a letter at the Dow Chemical plastics plant in Seadrift, and Dan Lê arrested while disrupting Dow CEO’s keynote remarks at the CERAWeek conference in Houston

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.

Activists call on G7 and corporations to end plastic pollution crisis

New data collected through cleanups and brand audits confirms that some of the world’s largest corporations — including Coca-Cola, Unilever, Nestlé, and Procter & Gamble — are top contributors to single-use plastic pollution worldwide.

Break Free From PlasticJune 5, 2018

Corporate Accountability, Press Release

On World Environment Day, green groups in India tell corporations: Stop causing plastic pollution

On the eve of World Environment Day, environmental organizations in India challenged corporations to beat plastic pollution by drastically reducing the production and use of single-use and low-value plastic.

Jed AlegadoJune 4, 2018

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Eight Easy Ways to Reduce Your Plastic Waste

Break Free From PlasticJune 2, 2018

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New Data from Five Philippine Cities Reveal Multinational Brands are the Country’s Top Plastic Polluters

New data from waste and brand audits conducted in five Philippine cities confirm results of earlier coastal clean-up audits that multinational brands are the country’s top sources of plastic pollution.

Dawn Marie Elisse MundoJune 1, 2018

EU, European Union, plastic strategy, Policy, Press Release, single use plastic

European Commission steps forward to cut on single-use plastics – but it’s just the beginning

The European Commission has taken a leap forward in tackling plastic pollution, with new laws to reduce throwaway single-use plastics.

Matt FranklinMay 28, 2018

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#breakfreefromplastic Mediterranean changemakers

February 28, 2018 by Matt Franklin

The beginning of February saw dozens of #breakfreefromplastic campaigners and activists gathering in Marrakech, Morocco looking for new ways to work together change the face of the Mediterranean with their projects.READ MORE

News, Petrochemicals & Climate, Press Release

Ocean Plastics Tour Signals Change for New Zealand

February 12, 2018 by Break Free From Plastic

Our oceans need fixing, and Aotearoa is ready to play its part, says environmentalist and Indigenous rights advocate Tina Ngata.READ MORE

News, Petrochemicals & Climate

COASTAL CLEANUPGOES #FOAMFREE

January 29, 2018 by Shilpi Chhotray

5 Gyres Institute, Plastic Pollution Coalition, Surfrider Foundation and #breakfreefromplastic join forces to raise awareness about Styrofoam pollution READ MORE

Corporate Accountability, News, Policy, Real Solutions

Green Groups Reveal Top Plastic Polluters Following Massive Beach Cleanup on Freedom Island

December 17, 2017 by Break Free From Plastic

International brands are among the worst oceans polluters—and green groups under the global #breakfreefromplastic movement are holding them to account.READ MORE

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

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Activists call on G7 and corporations to end plastic pollution crisis

On World Environment Day, green groups in India tell corporations: Stop causing plastic pollution

Eight Easy Ways to Reduce Your Plastic Waste

New Data from Five Philippine Cities Reveal Multinational Brands are the Country’s Top Plastic Polluters

European Commission steps forward to cut on single-use plastics – but it’s just the beginning

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#breakfreefromplastic Mediterranean changemakers

Ocean Plastics Tour Signals Change for New Zealand

COASTAL CLEANUPGOES #FOAMFREE

Green Groups Reveal Top Plastic Polluters Following Massive Beach Cleanup on Freedom Island

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