Break Free From Plastic
@breakfreefromplastic.org
Join the global movement working to end plastic pollution through LONG TERM systemic changes and REAL solutions. 🌏🙌🏽✨
Reuse, repair, and other zero waste practices have been the norm for many communities in the world. 🌍✨ It shows that the solutions we need often already exist.
Which reuse tradition inspires you the most? Share yours below!
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #Reuse #Refill #Repair
Which reuse tradition inspires you the most? Share yours below!
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #Reuse #Refill #Repair
December 21, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Reuse, repair, and other zero waste practices have been the norm for many communities in the world. 🌍✨ It shows that the solutions we need often already exist.
Which reuse tradition inspires you the most? Share yours below!
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #Reuse #Refill #Repair
Which reuse tradition inspires you the most? Share yours below!
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #Reuse #Refill #Repair
Waste doesn’t just disappear, IT MOVES 🌍
The global waste trade hides exploitation, pollution, & backroom deals. Instead of cutting plastic, polluters export the damage to vulnerable communities.
🧵 A thread on why this is a climate, labor, & justice issue
The global waste trade hides exploitation, pollution, & backroom deals. Instead of cutting plastic, polluters export the damage to vulnerable communities.
🧵 A thread on why this is a climate, labor, & justice issue
December 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Waste doesn’t just disappear, IT MOVES 🌍
The global waste trade hides exploitation, pollution, & backroom deals. Instead of cutting plastic, polluters export the damage to vulnerable communities.
🧵 A thread on why this is a climate, labor, & justice issue
The global waste trade hides exploitation, pollution, & backroom deals. Instead of cutting plastic, polluters export the damage to vulnerable communities.
🧵 A thread on why this is a climate, labor, & justice issue
#UNEA7 🌍 is ending in #Nairobi with only a handful of agreed resolutions and a failed attempt at multilateralism. The most constructive parts happened on the sidelines, including events and actions 🙌 about the #PlasticsTreaty.
Read our statement here: www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/12/12/u...
Read our statement here: www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/12/12/u...
December 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
#UNEA7 🌍 is ending in #Nairobi with only a handful of agreed resolutions and a failed attempt at multilateralism. The most constructive parts happened on the sidelines, including events and actions 🙌 about the #PlasticsTreaty.
Read our statement here: www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/12/12/u...
Read our statement here: www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/12/12/u...
@cfa_ind is pulling back the curtain and exposes the real costs of fossil fuels in their new monthly series.
Read more:
https://heyzine.com/flip-book/aa9373c917.html
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #FossilFreeFuture #ToxicTrade #ClimateJustice
Read more:
https://heyzine.com/flip-book/aa9373c917.html
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #FossilFreeFuture #ToxicTrade #ClimateJustice
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
@cfa_ind is pulling back the curtain and exposes the real costs of fossil fuels in their new monthly series.
Read more:
https://heyzine.com/flip-book/aa9373c917.html
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #FossilFreeFuture #ToxicTrade #ClimateJustice
Read more:
https://heyzine.com/flip-book/aa9373c917.html
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #FossilFreeFuture #ToxicTrade #ClimateJustice
The global plastic crisis represents one of the most pressing human rights challenges of our time.
Go to toxictours.org to see how plastic devastates natural ecosystems, and destroys people’s health, livelihoods, and peace of mind.
#HumanRightsDay #BreakFreeFromPlastic
Go to toxictours.org to see how plastic devastates natural ecosystems, and destroys people’s health, livelihoods, and peace of mind.
#HumanRightsDay #BreakFreeFromPlastic
December 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The global plastic crisis represents one of the most pressing human rights challenges of our time.
Go to toxictours.org to see how plastic devastates natural ecosystems, and destroys people’s health, livelihoods, and peace of mind.
#HumanRightsDay #BreakFreeFromPlastic
Go to toxictours.org to see how plastic devastates natural ecosystems, and destroys people’s health, livelihoods, and peace of mind.
#HumanRightsDay #BreakFreeFromPlastic
At a breakfast briefing organized by @eia-news.bsky.social in #UNEA7, speakers emphasised the persistent calls for action and firm political resolve, which are essential to prevent the #PlasticsTreaty from being weakened and reflecting the environmental reality we live in.
📷 James Wakibia
📷 James Wakibia
December 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
At a breakfast briefing organized by @eia-news.bsky.social in #UNEA7, speakers emphasised the persistent calls for action and firm political resolve, which are essential to prevent the #PlasticsTreaty from being weakened and reflecting the environmental reality we live in.
📷 James Wakibia
📷 James Wakibia
At a breakfast briefing organized by @eia-news.bsky.social in #UNEA7, speakers emphasised the persistent calls for action and firm political resolve, which are essential to prevent the #PlasticsTreaty from being weakened and reflecting the environmental reality we live in.
📷 James Wakibia
📷 James Wakibia
December 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
At a breakfast briefing organized by @eia-news.bsky.social in #UNEA7, speakers emphasised the persistent calls for action and firm political resolve, which are essential to prevent the #PlasticsTreaty from being weakened and reflecting the environmental reality we live in.
📷 James Wakibia
📷 James Wakibia
Nina, from #BreakFreeFromPlastic member River Warrior Indonesia, was named a finalist for the International Children’s Peace Prize 2025.
From her hometown in East Java, Nina has led bold campaigns against waste colonialism. 🙌
Learn more:
https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/waste-trade/
From her hometown in East Java, Nina has led bold campaigns against waste colonialism. 🙌
Learn more:
https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/waste-trade/
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Nina, from #BreakFreeFromPlastic member River Warrior Indonesia, was named a finalist for the International Children’s Peace Prize 2025.
From her hometown in East Java, Nina has led bold campaigns against waste colonialism. 🙌
Learn more:
https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/waste-trade/
From her hometown in East Java, Nina has led bold campaigns against waste colonialism. 🙌
Learn more:
https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/waste-trade/
#UNEA7 offers a crucial moment for Member States to advance solutions — from minerals governance to chemicals and waste — and to ensure a strong and well-resourced UNEP capable of meeting today’s challenges.
Read more 👇
https://www.ciel.org/news/unea-7-oecpr-reaction/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
Read more 👇
https://www.ciel.org/news/unea-7-oecpr-reaction/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
UNEA-7 Presents Opportunity for Restart - Center for International Environmental Law
While the OECPR meeting showed obstructionism, Member States should recall their existing environmental governance obligations for a fresh start.
www.ciel.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
#UNEA7 offers a crucial moment for Member States to advance solutions — from minerals governance to chemicals and waste — and to ensure a strong and well-resourced UNEP capable of meeting today’s challenges.
Read more 👇
https://www.ciel.org/news/unea-7-oecpr-reaction/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
Read more 👇
https://www.ciel.org/news/unea-7-oecpr-reaction/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
Opening plenary #UNEA7 has begun. Let's remind countries that addressing #plasticpollution is crucial for planetary resilience. Follow the livestream via @unep.org here 👇
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k18...
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
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#BreakFreeFromPlastic
1) Opening Plenary - 2) Opening Committee of the Whole | UNEA-7
The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) will take place from 8 to 12 December 2025 at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, on...
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December 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Opening plenary #UNEA7 has begun. Let's remind countries that addressing #plasticpollution is crucial for planetary resilience. Follow the livestream via @unep.org here 👇
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k18...
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
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#BreakFreeFromPlastic
As world leaders gather for #UNEA with the theme “Advancing sustainable solutions for a resilient planet,” we must remind them that we cannot talk about planetary resilience without addressing the growing plastic pollution crisis.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #UNEA7
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #UNEA7
December 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
As world leaders gather for #UNEA with the theme “Advancing sustainable solutions for a resilient planet,” we must remind them that we cannot talk about planetary resilience without addressing the growing plastic pollution crisis.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #UNEA7
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #UNEA7
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The chance to deliver a treaty that helps to end the plastic pollution crisis is still on the table. Ambitious countries have yet to use all the tools at their disposal, including voting, to secure real progress.
There Is Still Hope for an Ambitious Plastics Treaty
The plastics crisis must remain a priority in international negotiations.
www.commondreams.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The chance to deliver a treaty that helps to end the plastic pollution crisis is still on the table. Ambitious countries have yet to use all the tools at their disposal, including voting, to secure real progress.
At #UNEA7, #BreakFreeFromPlastic members urged world leaders to act on the plastic crisis. The action seeks to highlight the interconnected nature of plastics and other environmental crises.
Follow @breakfreefromplastic.org for more updates.
Photos by @jameswakibia
#UNEA7
Follow @breakfreefromplastic.org for more updates.
Photos by @jameswakibia
#UNEA7
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
At #UNEA7, #BreakFreeFromPlastic members urged world leaders to act on the plastic crisis. The action seeks to highlight the interconnected nature of plastics and other environmental crises.
Follow @breakfreefromplastic.org for more updates.
Photos by @jameswakibia
#UNEA7
Follow @breakfreefromplastic.org for more updates.
Photos by @jameswakibia
#UNEA7
VICTORY! 🙌 "Californians voted to ban plastic grocery bags almost a decade ago, but the law clearly needed a redo. With the governor’s signature, California has finally banned plastic bags in grocery checkout lanes once & for all." - Jenn Engstrom, Director, CALPIRG www.newsweek.com/grocery-stor...
Grocery store law to change shopping for millions
A ban on plastic bags being offered in stores will begin next year in California.
www.newsweek.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
VICTORY! 🙌 "Californians voted to ban plastic grocery bags almost a decade ago, but the law clearly needed a redo. With the governor’s signature, California has finally banned plastic bags in grocery checkout lanes once & for all." - Jenn Engstrom, Director, CALPIRG www.newsweek.com/grocery-stor...
The plastic pollution crisis is threatening our health and our planet. ‼️
As leaders meet in Nairobi for #UNEA, let’s remind them: there’s no planetary resilience without tackling plastic pollution.
Follow for more updates. 🌍
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #UNEA7 #plasticpollution
As leaders meet in Nairobi for #UNEA, let’s remind them: there’s no planetary resilience without tackling plastic pollution.
Follow for more updates. 🌍
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #UNEA7 #plasticpollution
December 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The plastic pollution crisis is threatening our health and our planet. ‼️
As leaders meet in Nairobi for #UNEA, let’s remind them: there’s no planetary resilience without tackling plastic pollution.
Follow for more updates. 🌍
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #UNEA7 #plasticpollution
As leaders meet in Nairobi for #UNEA, let’s remind them: there’s no planetary resilience without tackling plastic pollution.
Follow for more updates. 🌍
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #UNEA7 #plasticpollution
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🚨📘Our new book, "The Problem with Plastic" is out today from @thenewpress.bsky.social and yesterday it was chosen as an Amazon Editors' Pick for Best Nonfiction Books of December! 🎆Learn more and get your copy at bit.ly/problem-with... to help protect yourself & the planet from plastic pollution. 🌎
December 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🚨📘Our new book, "The Problem with Plastic" is out today from @thenewpress.bsky.social and yesterday it was chosen as an Amazon Editors' Pick for Best Nonfiction Books of December! 🎆Learn more and get your copy at bit.ly/problem-with... to help protect yourself & the planet from plastic pollution. 🌎
We celebrate global talent in film! This year, “Homo Plastikus” takes first place in the horror short film competition organized by @plasticpollutes.bsky.social 🙌
🎥 Watch the short film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4b5lxQdnPs
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #HomoPlastikus
🎥 Watch the short film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4b5lxQdnPs
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #HomoPlastikus
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We celebrate global talent in film! This year, “Homo Plastikus” takes first place in the horror short film competition organized by @plasticpollutes.bsky.social 🙌
🎥 Watch the short film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4b5lxQdnPs
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #HomoPlastikus
🎥 Watch the short film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4b5lxQdnPs
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #HomoPlastikus
As the world gathers in Belém, Brazil for #COP30, learn more about how plastics impact climate change.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
As the world gathers in Belém, Brazil for #COP30, learn more about how plastics impact climate change.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
At COP30 in Belém do Pará, Brazil, an urgent call to action has been presented: the Surf Manifesto for the Climate and the Future of the Ocean.
Learn more 👉 vist.ly/4f69f
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #Cop30 @ecosurfoficial.bsky.social
Learn more 👉 vist.ly/4f69f
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #Cop30 @ecosurfoficial.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
At COP30 in Belém do Pará, Brazil, an urgent call to action has been presented: the Surf Manifesto for the Climate and the Future of the Ocean.
Learn more 👉 vist.ly/4f69f
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #Cop30 @ecosurfoficial.bsky.social
Learn more 👉 vist.ly/4f69f
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #Cop30 @ecosurfoficial.bsky.social
One in every 25 participants at #COP30 is a fossil fuel lobbyist, raising serious questions about the corporate capture and credibility of the annual Cop negotiations.
Read more from this article by @ninalakhani.bsky.social via @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Read more from this article by @ninalakhani.bsky.social via @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 AM
One in every 25 participants at #COP30 is a fossil fuel lobbyist, raising serious questions about the corporate capture and credibility of the annual Cop negotiations.
Read more from this article by @ninalakhani.bsky.social via @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Read more from this article by @ninalakhani.bsky.social via @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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At COP30 in Belém do Pará, more than 50,000 people made history with a clear, unified message:
“It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.”
Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊
“It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.”
Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
At COP30 in Belém do Pará, more than 50,000 people made history with a clear, unified message:
“It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.”
Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊
“It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.”
Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊
Courts are increasingly stepping in, recognizing that the right to a clean and healthy environment isn’t optional.
Read more here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/can-courts-combat-plastic-pollution-lessons-from-indonesia-commentary/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #EnvironmentalJustice
Read more here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/can-courts-combat-plastic-pollution-lessons-from-indonesia-commentary/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #EnvironmentalJustice
November 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Courts are increasingly stepping in, recognizing that the right to a clean and healthy environment isn’t optional.
Read more here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/can-courts-combat-plastic-pollution-lessons-from-indonesia-commentary/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #EnvironmentalJustice
Read more here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/can-courts-combat-plastic-pollution-lessons-from-indonesia-commentary/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #EnvironmentalJustice
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2/ This comes just a week after an ammonia leak & explosion at fertilizer giant CF Industries’ plant in Mississippi forced an entire community to shelter in place or evacuate.
A pattern is emerging, and it's dangerous.
www.mississippifreepress.org/yazoo-city-r...
A pattern is emerging, and it's dangerous.
www.mississippifreepress.org/yazoo-city-r...
Yazoo City Told to Shelter in Place After Explosion, Ammonia Leak
Officials are asking residents of Yazoo City to shelter in place after an ammonia plant exploded around 4:25 p.m. at C.F. Industries.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
2/ This comes just a week after an ammonia leak & explosion at fertilizer giant CF Industries’ plant in Mississippi forced an entire community to shelter in place or evacuate.
A pattern is emerging, and it's dangerous.
www.mississippifreepress.org/yazoo-city-r...
A pattern is emerging, and it's dangerous.
www.mississippifreepress.org/yazoo-city-r...
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1/ Dozens hospitalized. 500+ evacuated.
From ONE truck carrying toxic ammonia.
Now, industry wants to add 54.5 million metric tons of fossil-fuel-based ammonia to US communities — touting it as “clean, sustainable.”
⚠️ Ammonia isn’t clean. Ammonia isn’t safe.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
From ONE truck carrying toxic ammonia.
Now, industry wants to add 54.5 million metric tons of fossil-fuel-based ammonia to US communities — touting it as “clean, sustainable.”
⚠️ Ammonia isn’t clean. Ammonia isn’t safe.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Hundreds evacuated and dozens hospitalized after an ammonia gas leak in Oklahoma
People in immediate area were in respiratory distress after a tanker truck spewed a plume of anhydrous ammonia gas
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
1/ Dozens hospitalized. 500+ evacuated.
From ONE truck carrying toxic ammonia.
Now, industry wants to add 54.5 million metric tons of fossil-fuel-based ammonia to US communities — touting it as “clean, sustainable.”
⚠️ Ammonia isn’t clean. Ammonia isn’t safe.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
From ONE truck carrying toxic ammonia.
Now, industry wants to add 54.5 million metric tons of fossil-fuel-based ammonia to US communities — touting it as “clean, sustainable.”
⚠️ Ammonia isn’t clean. Ammonia isn’t safe.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reuse is part of our culture and has been practiced for many centuries. 🔁 🫙🍃
Learn more from #BreakFreeFromPlastic changemaker Rahyang Nusantara.
#Reuse #ReuseAndRefill #NoToSingleUse #ReuseSolutions
Learn more from #BreakFreeFromPlastic changemaker Rahyang Nusantara.
#Reuse #ReuseAndRefill #NoToSingleUse #ReuseSolutions
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Reuse is part of our culture and has been practiced for many centuries. 🔁 🫙🍃
Learn more from #BreakFreeFromPlastic changemaker Rahyang Nusantara.
#Reuse #ReuseAndRefill #NoToSingleUse #ReuseSolutions
Learn more from #BreakFreeFromPlastic changemaker Rahyang Nusantara.
#Reuse #ReuseAndRefill #NoToSingleUse #ReuseSolutions