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#BreakFreeFromPlastic Members Encouraged by the Zero Draft for a Global Plastics Treaty Call for Ambitious Negotiations

Manila – Following the mandate that emerged from the second Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee in Paris for a global agreement to end plastic pollution, today the UN Environment Programme and the Chair of the INC, H.E. Mr. Gustavo Adolfo Meza-Cuadra Velasquez (Perú), released a treaty zero draft to be negotiated at the upcoming INC-3 in November […]

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News, Policy

Parliament vote passes a full ban on plastic EU waste exports

February 10, 2023 by Bethany Spendlove Keeley, Europe Communications Officer

In January 2023, the European Parliament voted on the report tabled by MEP Weiss on the Regulation for the shipment of waste. The Rethink Plastic alliance and the Break Free From Plastic movement applaud the outcome.READ MORE

News, Petrochemicals & Climate

BREAKING: Toxic Chemical Spill Threatens BFFP Members in Ohio & Pennsylvania

February 10, 2023 by Comms Hub

Last Friday, a “bomb train” including five train cars filled with vinyl chloride, most commonly used to make PVC and other toxic plastics, derailed along the border between the States of Ohio and Pennsylvania in the U.S.READ MORE

Corporate Accountability, Member Stories, Youth

Global Day of Action: see how youth are addressing the top plastic polluters

February 09, 2023 by Rafael Eudes

Break Free From Plastic youth ambassadors send back trash to the top polluters in their cities.READ MORE

Member Stories, Real Solutions

Reuse Revolution: Overcoming Barriers in Southeast Asia

February 01, 2023 by Eah Antonio, Asia Pacific Communications Officer

Reuse is not only about reusable cups and canvas bags, but entire systems that require standards, infrastructure, political will, financing, and promoting behavioral change.

Reuse systems address single-use plastics (SUPs) pollution by reducing the demand for SUPs and in the longer term, reducing the production of SUPs.READ MORE

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