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The global movement envisioning a future free from plastic pollution.

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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On World Environment Day, a Giant ‘Eye’ Appears in Jeju

As South Korea elects its 21st president, Korean civil society coalition calls for “plastic production cuts,” unfurling #WeAreWatching flag ahead of World Environment Day and global plastics treaty negotiation.

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Groups call for elimination of polluting sachets as plastics treaty talks intensify

Civil society leaders also demand greater transparency and participation in upcoming plastics treaty negotiations

Global Plastics Treaty
Global Plastics Treaty

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.

The Story of Sachets
The Story of Sachets

What began as a seemingly benevolent solution to harness growing demand in emerging economies, sachets were marketed as a means to cater to the needs of low-income consumers but later morphed into a widespread environmental crisis.

New Research
New Research Confirms Plastic Production Is Directly Linked to Plastic Pollution

Study Finds That More Than Half of Global Branded Plastic Pollution Can be Tracked to Just 56 Companies

Toxic Tours
Toxic Tours

Join the communities on the frontlines from petrochemical build outs upstream to landfills and incinerators downstream. See firsthand how plastic devastates natural ecosystems, and destroys people’s health, livelihoods, and peace of mind.

OUR GOAL
Bring systemic change through a holistic approach tackling plastic pollution across the whole plastics value chain, focusing on prevention rather than cure, and providing effective solutions.
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Could the Global Plastics Treaty End Plastic Pollution?

June 23, 2025 | Break Free From Plastic

Unlike waste management-focused efforts, the Global Plastics Treaty is an opportunity to take a more comprehensive approach to the plastic crisis.
Corporate Accountability, News, Real Solutions

Recycling Won't Save Us — Plastic Production is the Real Problem

June 16, 2025 | Break Free From Plastic

The sheer scale of plastic production, particularly of single-use items, has outpaced waste management capacities, making recycling inadequate as a solution. Most plastic waste is either incinerated, landfilled, or leaked into the environment. If we were to tackle plastic pollution effectively, we must resolve it at the source.
News, Policy, Press Release

More than 230 CSOs support more than 90 countries’ renewed commitment to a strong Plastics Treaty

June 11, 2025 | Break Free From Plastic

BFFP members and allies react to more than 90 countries' continued commitment to an ambitious Global Plastics Treaty

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POPlite

Daily summary of the fifth round of #PlasticsTreaty Negotiations (INC-5) in Busan, South Korea on November 25 - December 1, 2024.

Corporate Accountability

Navigating Plastic Pollution Financing: Challenges and Opportunities

This panel discussion is organised by the Center of Science and Environment and Break Free From Plastic as part of the Plastic Parleys webinar series. It serves as a curtain-raiser to the Fifth INC Session, scheduled for November in Busan, South Korea.

Plastics & Health

Plastic People Documentary

Plastic People is a landmark feature documentary that chronicles humanity’s fraught relationship with plastic and one woman’s mission to expose shocking new revelations about the impact of microplastics on human health.

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