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Petrochemicals & Climate

Over 99% of plastic comes from fossil fuel. The plastic pollution crisis is intertwined with the climate crisis and vice versa. Learn more from the movement’s Plastics and climate campaigns.

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Toxic Tours

#breakfreefromplastic Toxic Tours is a community-led storytelling and mapping experience on the impacts of plastic production on frontline communities. The Tours elevate local voices and ensure that community fights are amplified. Take the Toxic Tours, Take Action.

Winter is Coming

A case for turning off the petrochemical industry’s plastic production tap to reduce European Union’s dependency on fossil fuels and Russia

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Reports

Plastic Sachet: Small Packets with Huge Environmental Destruction

People become concerned about the fatal crisis of plastics due to their detrimental effects on the environment as well as human health. Although plastic sachet products are considered one of the fuels for the existing plastic pollution, no previous study is found about the use and impacts of these small sealed packets from the perspective of Bangladesh.

Plastic and Climate Change

Plastic is a significant contributor to climate change throughout its lifecycle. By 2050, emissions from plastic alone will take up over a third of the remaining carbon budget for a 1.5 °C target. A plastics treaty must impose legally-binding plastic reduction targets.

Plastic Pollution and the Planetary Emergency

The report pulls together recent scientific data on the broad impact of plastics on climate, biodiversity, human health, the environment, and planetary stability to ‘sound the alarm’ on the pollution caused by plastics throughout their lifecycles. ‘Connecting the Dots’ makes recommendations on how to design and ensure effective, long-term and collaborative global policy which considers […]

The story of reWINE

In the wine industry, single-use glass is heavily used for packaging. On the one hand, glass has the greatest environmental impacts compared to other packaging materials (i.e. PET, aluminium, and beverage carton). On the other hand, glass is 100% reusable and 100% recyclable at the end of its life cycle, and is an inert material, […]

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Toolkits

Toxic Tours Social Media Toolkit

Communities are victimized and sacrificed in pursuit of plastic production around the world. We need to make sure all site fights are being heard. The Toxic Tours allows individuals to see how systemic reliance on single-use plastic is creating an ecological nightmare for many communities in many places around the world. Help us promote this […]

Toxic Tours

#breakfreefromplastic Toxic Tours is a community-led storytelling and mapping experience on the impacts of plastic production on frontline communities. The Tours elevate local voices and ensure that community fights are amplified. Take the Toxic Tours, Take Action.

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News

Press Release, Petrochemicals & Climate, Policy

Break Free From Plastic Condemns North Dakota Court Ruling Against Greenpeace as an Attack on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, Environmental Defenders, Free Speech, and Justice

March 21, 2025 by Break Free From Plastic

Break Free From Plastic (BFFP), a global movement envisioning a future free from plastic pollution, strongly condemns the recent ruling by a North Dakota court that found Greenpeace, a member of BFFP, liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages in favor of Energy Transfer and its Dakota Access Pipeline project, stressing that the decision represents a blatant attack on environmental defenders, a threat to Indigenous Peoples’ rights, environmental justice, and a dangerous erosion of the right to free speech and peaceful protest.

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Press Release, Corporate Accountability, Petrochemicals & Climate, Plastics & Health, Policy

The EPA’s ‘Biggest Deregulatory Action in U.S. History’ Will Make People Sick, Especially in Environmental Justice Communities

March 18, 2025 by Break Free From Plastic

Break Free From Plastic US members denounce the captured agency for sacrificing public health and making it easier for companies to pollute

Press Release Corporate Accountability Petrochemicals & Climate Plastics & Health Policy

Petrochemicals & Climate, Press Release

Global networks see golden opportunity to negotiate strong plastics treaty

March 07, 2025 by Break Free From Plastic

Joint statement from Break Free From Plastic, The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), Health Care Without Harm, International Pollution Elimination Network (IPEN), and International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP) following the announcement of INC-5.2 schedule.

Petrochemicals & Climate Press Release

Press Release, Petrochemicals & Climate

Ennore-Manali Oil Spill: Urgent Call for Stringent Regulations and Accountability in India's Petrochemical Landscape

February 15, 2024 by Devayani Khare

The Ennore-Manali incident underscores not only immediate environmental harm but also serves as a stark reminder of the pervasive issue of plastic pollution, with petrochemical industries as key contributors.

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