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Break Free From Plastic members and allies are renowned experts on plastic pollution across the plastic supply chain, providing rich perspectives on the issue. As a result, the movement has collectively commented on high-profile media stories and published countless reports, research, training, campaigns, and more.

Currently, there is a historic opportunity to keep putting plastic pollution issues at the forefront of traditional and digital media, and journalists, media professionals, and content creators play a unique role in keeping the momentum.

If you are interested in collaborating with us, featuring our members’ works, or talking to experts, scientists, or people on the ground, drop us a line at news@breakfreefromplastic.org.

If you have region specific inquiries please address them to the respective Communications Officers:

Africa -Masego Mokgwetsi
Europe - Bethany Keeley
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South East Asia and the Pacific - Eah Antonio
South Asia - Devayani Khare
US and Canada - Brett Nadrich

Beyond PRs: A Global Media Survey on Plastic Pollution Coverage

This short survey is designed to hear directly from journalists, editors, and media professionals covering environmental issues — particularly plastic pollution — across the globe.

Your responses will help NGOs and civil society organizations better understand the media landscape, sharpen how they pitch stories, and identify where regional narratives connect to bigger global trends.

Deadline: 14th August, 2026.

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Policy, Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Organizations Faced with the Lack of Participation in the 2026 Plastics Treaty Negotiations

September 3, 2026 | Break Free From Plastic

Civil society organizations raise concerns on “informal” meetings that have been taking place among heads of government delegations for negotiating the Global Plastics Treaty. Conducted behind closed doors and without access for observer organizations, the meetings limit the transparency of the process and prevent informed participation by civil society.

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Plastics & Health, Press Release

Organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean Denounce the Exclusion of Civil Society from Negotiations on the Global Plastics Treaty

September 3, 2026 | Break Free From Plastic LAC

Closed-door meetings among governments are excluding observer organizations from substantive discussions on the future treaty, warn 26 organizations in the region.

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Member Stories, Plastics & Health

Breaking with the Culture of Disposability: CESTA and the Collective Effort Against Plastic

August 31, 2026 | Break Free From Plastic LAC

In El Salvador, plastic is everywhere: in shopping, homes, and farmlands, but also on the streets and in storm drains, where it accumulates when the rains come. In the face of a “use-and-dispose” culture, the Salvadoran Center for Appropriate Technology (CESTA in Spaish)—the country’s first environmental organization—has spent more than two decades promoting a different approach to waste management and, for the past ten years, has been linking that effort to the global Break Free From Plastic (BFFP) movement.

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Features on Break Free From Plastic and Movement Members

South East Asia

Philippines faces climate change: A call for ocean conservation

Real Solutions

South East Asia

'Waiting to die': the dirty business of recycling in Vietnam

Plastics & Health

South East Asia

Dangerous levels of toxic chemicals found in blood of Indonesia’s waste workers

Plastics & Health

Europe

Dirty Work—The Hidden Machinery and Human Toll of Europe’s Broken Recycling Trade

Petrochemicals & Climate, Waste Trade

South Asia

Killing fish, choking livelihoods: the scourge of plastic

Plastics & Health

South Asia

BBC uncovers lasting toxic legacy of cargo ship disaster off Sri Lanka

Policy, Waste Trade

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