Break Free From Plastic
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Join the global movement working to end plastic pollution through LONG TERM systemic changes and REAL solutions. 🌏🙌🏽✨
On the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we honor the generations of Indigenous stewardship by calling out the companies whose plastic production threatens to undo centuries of that work. https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/important-links/ #BreakFreeFromPlastic
Congress must rein in plastic production & stop these industries from weakening public health protections. #HillWeek2026 #BreakFreeFromPlastic #TSCA
We took the call for a plastic-free future to Congress, pushing anti-plastic legislation & pushing back on industry greenwashing. #HillWeek2026 #BreakFreeFromPlastic #TSCA
♻️ Plastic credits don't solve plastic pollution. They let companies claim "plastic neutrality" while continuing to produce more plastic. Real solutions reduce plastic production, not offset waste. #FalseSolutionsExposed #BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticFreeJuly
With almost no recycling capacity on the island, that plastic gets littered, burned, or dumped, and Coca-Cola products now make up a 3rd of all beverage bottle waste in the country. Coke's new CEO has the chance to end their plastic legacy!: http://breakfreefromplastic.org/2026-coca-cola-petition
In 2021, Coca-Cola pulled reusable glass bottles from Samoa and replaced them with imported single-use plastic.
On May 28th, Samoan and Pacific Islander communities showed up outside Coca-Cola's AGM in London and handed executives a message in a bottle. Sign the petition: http://breakfreefromplastic.org/2026-coca-cola-petition #BreakFreeFromPlastic #FalseSolutions #CocaCola
12 years ago, Fundación El Árbol set out from Concepción, Chile with a mission,: restore balance between people, society, and nature 🌱 Full story 👉 https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/es/2026/06/25/fundacion-el-arbol-plastic-free-future-chile/ #ZeroWaste #PlasticFreeFuture
Coca-Cola has a new CEO, and he's inheriting a plastic legacy years in the making. This is his chance to prove things can actually change. Sign the petition to tell Coca-Cola's new CEO to end their plastic legacy! breakfreefromplastic.org/2026-coca-cola-petition #breakfreefromplastic
We’re seeing a lot of changes going on at @CocaCola, will their next change be to end their streak as top global corporate plastic polluter? Tell Coca-Cola's New CEO to End Their Plastic Legacy!: http://breakfreefromplastic.org/2026-coca-cola-petition
Coca-cola's got a lot of new things going on, but can they end their reign as the top global corporate plastic polluter and work towards a plastic-free future? 🥤🤔 Tell Coca-Cola's New CEO to End Their Plastic Legacy!: https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2026-coca-cola-petition/
Join our #PlasticFreeJuly webinar on the health impacts of toxic plastic exposure on women waste workers and why a just transition must put frontline communities first. 📅 July 22 🕒 3 PM Manila | 12:30 PM Delhi 🔗 bit.ly/BFFPwebinarsjuly2026 #BreakFreeFromPlastic
Real solutions reduce plastic production and scale reuse, not replace one disposable plastic with another. #FalseSolutionsExposed #BreakFreeFromPlastic
"Bio-based," "biodegradable," and "compostable" don't automatically mean sustainable, and they don't solve plastic pollution.
📢 Journalists Ahoy! We’d love to understand how envi issues, particularly plastic pollution, are covered by global media. Please respond to this survey to help NGOs/CSOs engage better with the media & craft pitches that are more useful to your work: https://forms.gle/Jx1X7x2fVtGzHbzz5
✊ Waste-to-energy isn't the answer to the plastic crisis. Join our #PlasticFreeJuly webinar to hear how communities are successfully challenging incinerators and advancing real zero waste solutions. 📅 July 15 🕧 12:30 PM Delhi | 3 PM Manila 🔗 bit.ly/BFFPwebinarsjuly2026 #BreakFreeFromPlastic
🔥 Is burning waste really solving the waste crisis? New reports from 🇮🇳 India & 🇧🇩 Bangladesh show waste-to-energy remains costly while experts call for investment in zero waste, reuse, recycling & waste workers—not incineration. #BreakFreeFromPlastic #ZeroWaste #ClimateAction
🧬 Plastic is showing up in our food and our bodies. Join our webinar on the latest research into microplastics & nanoplastics, what they mean for human health, and why upstream solutions matter. 📅 July 8 🕧 12:30 PM Delhi | 3 PM Manila 👉🏻 bit.ly/BFFPwebinarsjuly2026 #PlasticFreeJuly
4/ Public pressure backed by evidence is hard to ignore. Join us: https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/supermarket-audit/ #BreakFreeFromPlastic #SupermarketAudit
3/ That's why we're extending our Supermarket Audit to July 31. Visit your local store, fill out a quick questionnaire, and help build a global picture of who's making things worse — and who's stepping up.
1/ Today is International Plastic Bag Free Day! We can't be the only ones who walk into a supermarket with no plastic and walk out with a week's worth of it. It’s not your fault.
1/ Today is International Plastic Bag Free Day! We can't be the only ones who walk into a supermarket with no plastic and walk out with a week's worth of it. It’s not your fault.
📚♻️ Join the #BreakFreeFromPlastic Book Club! This month we're discussing Consumed: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic by Saabira Chaudhuri — a powerful look at how corporations built our dependence on plastic. 🗓️ July 31 🕟 4:30 PM Delhi | 7 PM Manila
‘Draped in Injustice: Unravelling the Textile Waste Crisis : https://www.no-burn.org/resources/draped-in-injustice-unravelling-the-textile-waste-crisis-in-africa/ ‘Textile Waste Activist Toolkit’ : https://www.no-burn.org/resources/tackling-textile-waste-in-africa/ [3/3]
This is the language of the textile trade. It's time to read the fine print. #BreakFreeFromPlastic [2/3]
Here are some more familiar words associated with the textile trade. Less than 1% of textile waste is recycled or rather downcycled into new textiles, which is energy-intensive & often releases microplastics or toxins from dyes. [1/3]
🎓♻️ What does a truly #PlasticFreeCampus look like? Join us for Plastic Free Campuses: Turning Commitments into Action and explore practical solutions to reduce plastic waste and build a culture of reuse. 🗓️ July 1 🕒 3PM Manila | 12:30PM Delhi 🔗 bit.ly/BFFPwebinarjuly2026
Read the ‘Persistent Threat: PFAS in textiles and water in Bangladesh’ report by Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO) and International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN): https://ipen.org/publication/persistent-threat-pfas-textiles-and-water-bangladesh [3/3]
Synthetic fibres have severe environmental impacts across their lifecycle. Here’s what’s missing from fast fashion clothing labels: [2/3]
Every year, millions of tonnes of used clothing are shipped from developed nations to the Global South - most of it synthetic or fossil-fuel-based! #FastFashion #TextileWaste #BreakFreeFromPlastic #WasteTrade #WasteColonialism [1/3]