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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.

Every Day is Earth Day: Plastic Waste Q&A with Mao Da

The China Environment Forum talked to Mao Da, founder of China Zero Waste Alliance and co-founder of Rock Environment and Energy Institute, to learn more about how fighting plastic pollution fits in to China’s plan to be an ecological civilization.

Break Free From PlasticApril 26, 2018

News, Policy

‘Disposable-Free Dining’: Berkeley mayor proposes legislation to reduce plastic waste

Mayor Jesse Arreguín hosted an event Tuesday at Berkeley Recycling Yard to introduce legislation that deters city restaurants and cafés from using single-use plastics and foodware.

Break Free From PlasticApril 26, 2018

Member Stories, News, Plastics & Health

This Earth Day, It’s Time to #EndPlasticPollution

Our oceans, river systems, marine animals, and health are being threatened by a pollutant that’s all around us, yet sometimes invisible to the eye: plastics.

Break Free From PlasticApril 22, 2018

Berkeley, Earth Day, European Union, News, Policy, Press Release, Zero Waste

Global Movement Demands Elimination of Single-use, Disposable Plastics

Calls on Corporations and Governments to Break Free from Plastic

Jed AlegadoApril 20, 2018

Corporate Accountability, Member Stories

Over 1 million people demand corporations reduce single-use plastics ahead of Earth Day

More than one million people ahead of this year’s Earth Day (April 22) are demanding that the world’s largest corporations reduce their production of single-use plastic.

Break Free From PlasticApril 18, 2018

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Press Release, Corporate Accountability, Featured, Petrochemicals & Climate, Plastics & Health, Spotlight

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

March 27, 2026 by Break Free From Plastic

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 READ MORE

Petrochemicals & Climate, Press Release

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

March 26, 2026 by Break Free From Plastic

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

Plastics & Health, Press Release

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

March 26, 2026 by Break Free From Plastic

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

Member Stories, Plastics & Health

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

March 17, 2026 by Break Free From Plastic

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.READ MORE

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Every Day is Earth Day: Plastic Waste Q&A with Mao Da

‘Disposable-Free Dining’: Berkeley mayor proposes legislation to reduce plastic waste

This Earth Day, It’s Time to #EndPlasticPollution

Global Movement Demands Elimination of Single-use, Disposable Plastics

Over 1 million people demand corporations reduce single-use plastics ahead of Earth Day

Recent Posts

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

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

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