Videos

Sachets are one of the biggest contributors to plastic waste. The millions of plastic sachets thrown away every day are the main focus, producing piles of rubbish that threaten rivers and human health.

An underwater ballet filmed in the Mediterranean Sea and set to Rone's music 'Brest'. The film depicts, through dance, the encounter and confrontation between a giant made of plastic.

#WeChooseReuse is a European led #breakfreefromplastic campaign, born out of the movement’s wish to push for ambitious and robust reuse solutions to the plastic pollution crisis.

This four-part video series focuses on the benefits of waste pickers organising themselves into associations, and features Musa Chamane and Asiphile Khanyile of groundWork, Magdalena Donoso of GAIA Latin America and the Caribbean, Simon Mbata and Madi Koena of the South African Waste Pickers Association, Sonia Dias of WIEGO, Satyarupa Shekhar of Break Free From Plastic, Veronica Hollela of Nipe Fagio and Desmond Alugnoa of GAIA Africa.

It’s time to #StopWasteColonialism in the Global South! All countries need to take responsibility for how they produce and manage their waste, because no place should be a dumping ground!

The #breakfreefromplastic movement and the Rethink Plastic alliance took on the plastic pollution dragon outside the Council of the European Union.

#breakfreefromplastic changemakers meet in Bali, Indonesia!

Natalie fee is the founder of City To Sea, a member of #breakfreefromplastic, that engages with communities, working with retailers and lobbying manufacturers her aim is to reverse the trend for disposable items in order to safeguard our seas for future generations.

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff is the former Executive Director of 5 Gyres Institute, the ocean conservation non-profit that first discovered plastic microbeads.

Members and volunteers of Break Free From Plastic Movement collected and audited at least 50 sacks of rubbish along the coast of Manila’s Freedom Island during the celebration of World coastal clean-up day.

In July 2016, over 100 citizens and NGO’s from all over the world convened in Tagaytay, Philippines and built a strategy to scale a global movement to end plastic pollution.

The Amazing Mr. Smashing sings an info-operetta about plastic in our oceans! Video courtesy of BFFP movement member, Seas at Risk.

Brand audits name Coca-Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo top plastic polluters for the second year in a row. Four hundred and eighty-four cleanups in over 50 countries and 6 continents, organised by the Break Free From Plastic movement in September identified the top polluting companies, The rest of the companies rounding out the top 10 polluters are Mondelēz International, Unilever, Mars, P&G, Colgate-Palmolive, Phillip Morris, and Perfetti Van Melle.

Cleanups are a great way to remove plastic pollution already on the beach, but how do we stop it from getting there in the first place?