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Toxic Texas: Responding to the Plastics Plant Fire in Grand Prairie

August 20, 2020 by Break Free From Plastic US

A massive fire at the Poly-America Facility in Grand Prairie, Texas continues to smolder more than 36 hours after causing a regional emergency.READ MORE

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Green Groups Denounce Moves in Philippine Congress to Legalize Waste Incineration by Promoting Them as Waste to Energy (WTE) Plants

July 21, 2020 by Break Free From Plastic

Groups from the No Burn Pilipinas and Break Free From Philippines movement today denounced current moves in Congress to legalize garbage incineration banned under the Clean Air Act, by referring to them as waste-to-energy (WTE) plants while urging both the Senate and the House of Representatives to reject the proposed waste-to-energy bills, which will have the effect of weakening instead of improving existing environmental laws.READ MORE

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Back to the Future

July 14, 2020 by Sherma Benosa

Glaiza Lee, a writer in her mid-30s, still remembers her family owning and managing a sari-sari store in their home in Caloocan City during the early 1990s. Then a grade school pupil, Glaiza often helped in the store repacking goods and selling them.READ MORE

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University of California, Berkeley, leads the way with country’s strongest single-use plastic ban

May 05, 2020 by Break Free From Plastic

Campus commits to an unprecedented, comprehensive plastic policy, which eliminates all non-essential single-use plastic by 2030 READ MORE

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Breaking the Cycle: A Plastic-Free Menstrual Hygiene Revolution in Lumbini, Nepal

July 28, 2023 by Bimala Duamru

HECAF360's Plastic-Free Period Event Creates a Sustainable Impact on Menstrual Health and the Environment

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Open Letter: Urgent Appeal to Unilever: Be a Sustainability Leader. Phase Out Plastic Sachets NOW!

July 26, 2023 by Comms Hub

117 organisations from 44 countries and territories signed an open letter urging Unilever's new CEO, to quit sachets.

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117 Organisations Appeal to New Unilever CEO: Phase Out Plastic Sachets NOW!

July 21, 2023 by Devayani Khare and Miko Alino

In solidarity with communities across the Asia-Pacific region, 117 organisations from 44 countries and territories around the world have signed this open letter urging Unilever’s new CEO, Hein Schumacher to take immediate action against the company’s plastic pollution footprint, in particular to phase out plastic sachets.

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With only half of the week spent on substantive discussion, treaty negotiations end with lackluster outcomes

June 03, 2023 by Comms Hub

Break Free From Plastic members commit to remaining vigilant throughout the process

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