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Since its launch in 2016, more than 13,000 organizations and individual supporters from across the world have joined the #BreakFreeFromPlastic movement to demand massive reductions in single-use plastics and to push for lasting solutions to the plastic pollution crisis.

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Fossil Fuel and Petrochemical Lobbyists Overrun Plastics Treaty Negotiations INC-5.2

Industry presence threatens plastics treaty integrity at INC-5.2 as 234 lobbyists affiliated with the fossil fuel and petrochemicals industry registered to participate at the resumed fifth round of negotiations for a global legally binding agreement to end plastic pollution. The following press release was originally published by the Center for International Environmental Law on www.ciel.org.

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Making the invisible visible: how researchers are using cartoons to explain the hidden harms of plastic pollution

Plastic pollution requires scientific research to guide effective solutions. The French research group GDR collaborated with scriptwriter Capucine Dupuy and illustrator Bobika to turn their findings into humorous, accessible cartoons - a collaboration we discussed with Professor Mathieu George and Capucine Dupuy.

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Since 2022, more than 170 countries have been negotiating the world’s first-ever global plastics pollution treaty. The fifth and last scheduled round of negotiations will take place from 25 November to 1 December 2024 in Busan, Republic of Korea.

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Civil society perseveres in the face of a deeply flawed Plastics Treaty negotiations process and demands that countries take decisive action

August 15, 2025 | Comms Hub

Geneva, Switzerland – The resumed fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) for a global agreement to end plastic pollution has adjourned after a haphazard process that extended the negotiations for an extra day, but ended without a clear agreement on the path forward. Civil society urges world leaders to persevere towards a strong, legally binding treaty that cuts plastic production and protects human health, human rights, and the environment. 
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With 1 Day Left: Civil Society Groups React to Plastics Treaty Text Proposed by the INC Chair

August 13, 2025 | Caro G

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Southeast Asian governments called to put environment and health first at the Plastics Treaty Negotiation

August 11, 2025 | BFFP Southeast Asia member NGOs

Civil society organizations from Southeast Asia which are pushing for an ambitious and effective treaty see negotiators "trading away health and future generations in favour of an easy path to a weak treaty." Below is their press release.
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Manifesto for a Future Free from Plastic Pollution

Groups and civil society organizations around the world are calling for a Plastics Treaty that reclaims our right to a healthy environment.

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INC 5.2 Mobilization 2025

This August: A Crucial Chance to End the Age of Plastic. From August 5 - 14, governments from around the world will gather in Geneva to negotiate a historic global treaty to end plastic pollution. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to confront the plastic crisis at its source.

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Plastics Treaty Contact Your Minister

We are calling on citizens from around the world to contact their country’s Minister at the negotiations and ask them to adopt a strong Plastics Treaty that can ensure a future free from plastic pollution.

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