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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

On World Environment Day, green groups in Asia call for corporations to clean up their mess

On the eve of World Environment Day, environmental organizations from India, the Philippines, and Indonesia called on multinational corporations to take responsibility for the pollution caused by their products, particularly in Asia.

Jed AlegadoJune 5, 2018

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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

Brand Audit, Corporate Accountability, multinational companies, News, plastic pollution, Press Release

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

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UNEA-7 ends with only a handful of agreed resolutions and a failed attempt at multilateralism

December 12, 2025 by Break Free From Plastic

Despite the lack of results inside the negotiations, Break Free From Plastic members continue to keep plastic issues present at global talks.READ MORE

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Large-scale Events as a New Track for the Green Economy

November 25, 2025 by Plastic Free China

On September 25, the salon “Reusable Cups × Large-Scale Events: A New Track for the Green Economy” was jointly organised by Plastic Free China, Novaloop, Duck Gaga, and Guangdong Association of Circular Economy and Resource Comprehensive Utilisation, with support from Society of Entrepreneurs and Ecology Foundation.READ MORE

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Mapo Resource Circulation Network Welcomes South Korean Government’s Decision to Exclude Incineration from Recycling Statistics

November 14, 2025 by Mapo Resource Circulation Network (MRCN)

Renowned Goldman Awardee Von Hernandez shares reflections after serving Break Free From Plastic for almost a decade

November 13, 2025 by Break Free From Plastic

“In the next decade, I want the movement to achieve what was once unthinkable: to make the single-use plastic economy a relic of the past.”READ MORE

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On World Environment Day, green groups in Asia call for corporations to clean up their mess

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

Recent Posts

UNEA-7 ends with only a handful of agreed resolutions and a failed attempt at multilateralism

Large-scale Events as a New Track for the Green Economy

Mapo Resource Circulation Network Welcomes South Korean Government’s Decision to Exclude Incineration from Recycling Statistics

Renowned Goldman Awardee Von Hernandez shares reflections after serving Break Free From Plastic for almost a decade

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