Barangay Potrero, Malabon has diverted ~145,000 sachets from landfill via Tingi Tindahan, a zero-waste refill shop backed by Mother Earth Foundation (BFFP). #ZeroWaste #BreakFreeFromPlastic http://theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/31/philippines-tingi-zero-waste-shop-reuse-refill-plastic

♻️ 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

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

"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

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

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

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]

Happy World Environment Day! 🌍 It can be tough to speak each other's language across generations, but when it comes to plastic pollution, we're all after the same target: plastic polluters. Let's stop the next generation from inheriting the plastic crisis, together.

The most sustainable product is one that already exists (and gets washed, and used again). /3

1/ Plastic production is dangerous. Last week some 50,000 California residents evacuated their homes after a GKN Aerospace facility reported a leak from a massive tank storing 7,000 gallons (26,000+ litres) of MMA, a toxic and highly flammable chemical used to make plastic.

Textile waste is a global issue connecting exporting and importing countries alike. Join our cross-regional panellists to discuss the realities of textile waste trade, key media angles, and why stronger international controls are urgently needed. Register now: https://bit.ly/textilewastetrade

At the AGM of ING Bank, we asked: how do you justify financing companies expanding virgin plastic production while acknowledging plastic pollution as a material risk? Their answer? Defer to the UN. ING, like many banks, has no policies on plastics. Helping business to continue as usual.

Does ING Bank Finance Plastic Pollution? We Posed the Question at Their Annual General Meeting | Break Free From Plastic

Plastic production relies on capital to fund its operations. And right now, major banks like ING are supplying it without limits.

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Want to help end plastic pollution? Start with your local supermarket! From now - June 30, visit your local supermarket and help build global data that pressures supermarkets to do better. 👉 Register now at breakfreefromplastic.org/supermarket-audit

Reflections on Africa Day 2026 As we honor Africa's legacy, let us learn from their traditions and culture.🌊♻️ Read more about GAIA Africa’s report here: https://www.no-burn.org/resources/life-before-plastic-africa/

Ten years ago, the Break Free From Plastic movement began. Today, organizations like Fronteras Comunes show what sustained collective action looks like.

‼️BREAKING‼️ Greenpeace Southeast Asia activists detained after a peaceful #ASEAN2026 Summit protest calling for action on plastic pollution & fossil fuels. ✊🌏 Protect activists, not polluters. 📌 Read full statement here 👉🏾 act.gp/asean2026 #PlasticFreeSEA #BreakFreeFromPlastic

Our Stand for ASEAN: Addressing the Systemic Plastic Crisis in Southeast Asia - Greenpeace Southeast Asia

With the 48TH ASEAN Summit happening this week, we have provided recommendations to urge the ASEAN governments to arrest plastic pollution.

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Frustrated by how much plastic comes home from the supermarket? 🛒🥫 Join this global citizen science effort to expose supermarkets’ role in plastic pollution 🧾🕵️‍♀️ Sign up for a #SupermarketAudit near you: 🔗 breakfreefromplastic.org/supermarket-audit/ #BreakFreeFromPlastic

🌍 The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels closed April 29 in Santa Marta, Colombia, marking a historic shift from decades of deadlock to coordinated action on phasing out fossil fuels.

A recent report reveals how, in parts of Indonesia, plastic waste is routinely burned in low-tech, unregulated furnaces, releasing toxic pollutants into the air and putting communities at serious risk. Read more: undark.org/2026/04/10/b... #BreakFreeFromPlastic #FalseSolutions

Plastic Pollution Is Bad Enough. Burning It Can Be Even Worse.

In places like Indonesia, plastic refuse is often burned in unregulated low-tech furnaces that pose grave health risks.

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