The global movement envisioning a future free from plastic pollution. https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org

#environment #plastic #PlasticPollution #BreakFreeFromPlastic

OUR BRAINS!

We have to END single-use plastic production.

Our brains are filling with more and more microplastics, study shows
https://www.stuff.co.nz/wellbeing/360570009/our-brains-are-filling-more-and-more-microplastics-study-shows

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As much of the world is trying to move away from burning fossil fuels, big oil and gas companies see plastics as a survival line.
🎧 Listen to this podcast to learn more about the plastics crisis and an update on the Global #PlasticsTreaty 👇
https://www.climateone.org/audio/refresh-big-plastic-new-big-oil #BreakFreeFromPlastic

To nobody's surprise, Coca-Cola's limited commitment to reducing throw-away packaging has vanished:

https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2024/12/03/breakfreefromplastic-movement-members-respond-to-coca-cola-dropping-reuse-targets/

#BreakFreeFromPlastic #CocaCola

Plastics lobbyists make up biggest group at United Nations talks in Busan, South Korea, to cut plastic pollution around the world. (460 million tonnes of plastics are produced annually, and production is set to triple by 2060)

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/27/plastic-lobbyists-biggest-group-un-treaty-talks-busan-korea

#BreakFreeFromPlastic Movement Members Respond to Coca-Cola Dropping Reuse Targets | Break Free From Plastic
New York — December 4, 2024 — As the global Plastics Treaty talks just concluded in Busan with no agreement, The Coca-Cola Company announced on December 2nd
https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2024/12/03/breakfreefromplastic-movement-members-respond-to-coca-cola-dropping-reuse-targets/

Throughout this week I’ve been cartooning with the brilliant #BreakFreeFromPlastic team who are working hard to ensure a Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution (and production) is agreed at the 5th session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (#INC5) in Busan, South Korea. More power to their elbows!

#PlasticsTreaty

Here's a link to a downloadable version for use under a Creative Commons licence: https://bryanmmathers.com/global-plastic-production/

Five companies that created Alliance to End Plastic Waste manufactured 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up - ChevronPhillips, Dow, ExxonMobil, Shell, TotalEnergies: 132 million tonnes in new plastic vs 118,000 removed.

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/20/five-firms-in-plastic-pollution-alliance-made-1000-times-more-waste-than-they-saved-analysis-shows

Basel Action Network, Ecoton, and #BreakFreeFromPlastic will hold an event “Dumping by Another Name: The Plastic Waste Trade” in the context of #INC5.
📍Access the full paper here https://bit.ly/PWTPolicyBrief
⏰ Friday, November 29th, 2024, 12:30-13:30 (Korean Standard Time, UTC +9)
#BreakFreeFromPlastic @brkfreeplastic

"En 2022, au moins 506 millions de tonnes de plastique ont été produites dans le monde, mais seulement 9 % d'entre elles sont recyclées. Le reste est brûlé, mis en décharge ou déversé dans l'environnement. Les microplastiques sont désormais omniprésents, du sommet de l'Everest à la fosse des Mariannes, le point le plus profond de la planète."

#plastique #pollution #environnement #BreakFreeFromPlastic
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/07/plastic-pollution-is-changing-entire-earth-system-scientists-find

California’s attorney general sues Exxon Mobil, accusing the oil giant of misleading consumers about the recyclability of plastic products and polluting the state.

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https://www.npr.org/2024/09/23/nx-s1-5123619/california-sues-exxonmobil-for-misleading-public-on-plastic-recycling

Plastic grocery bags "aren’t being reused in any meaningful way, and they can’t be recycled,” writes the LA Times. “We need a do-over — a second plastic bag ban that fulfills the promise that lawmakers made in 2014.”

Governor Newsom: Sign SB1053 into law!

https://tinyurl.com/yvfb9frp

#SB1053
#BanTheBag
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
#CALeg

Study by European University @UniversityLeeds , published by @NatureComms , blames Global South for plastic pollution, overlooking the role of plastic industry 🏭 and waste exports from rich nations 💰 👉 https://breakfreefromplastic.org/2024/09/06/european-study-blames-global-south-for-plastic-pollution/ @AP #BreakFreeFromPlastic @brkfreeplastic

Join us as we push for #FilteredNotBottled water to protect both people and the planet from toxic lead and plastic. 💧 Filters ensure we don't replace one toxic problem with another.
✍️ Sign the petition: https://ow.ly/PLA050T9RIp
#PlasticPollutes #BreakFreeFromPlastic Plastic Pollutes @PlasticPollutes

Time to stop the plastic bag flood! Call your state senator & urge them to support #SB1053 to ban single-use plastic bags @ checkout. Find your state senator’s number at findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov or at the link in our bio. #BanTheBag #BreakFreeFromPlastic

Plastic is a substance the earth cannot digest. Refuse single-use plastic #environment #waters #wildlife #marinelife #plastic #plastics #PlasticPollution #oil #BreakFreeFromPlastic https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org

The #Paris2024 Olympic Games is an opportunity show that we can hydrate plastic-free!💧
To support, #BreakFreeFromPlastic member,
@noplasticfrance
launched http://watermap.fr that shows all 20,000 points across France where you can acccess free drinking water. 💧🇫🇷
#BreakFreeFromPlastic @brkfreeplastic

🗺️ If you're attending the #ParisOlympics this summer, make sure to check out http://Watermap.fr, a bilingual map listing 20,000 water points across France, designed to reduce single-use plastic bottles during the #OlympicGames.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic @brkfreeplastic

The industry is poised to invest billions in expanding plastic production. 🏭
To end plastic pollution, we must push for REAL SOLUTIONS, starting at the SOURCE. ✅
Learn more about the #PlasticsTreaty
#BreakFreeFromPlastic @brkfreeplastic
👇
https://breakfreefromplastic.org/plastics-treaty/