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Break Free From Plastic members and allies have dedicated countless hours and efforts to policy work. To achieve systemic change, we need the support of governments and policy making bodies. Browse through various campaigns related to this work.

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Make It Right: TIME FOR EUROPE TO ACT AGAINST PLASTIC BAG POLLUTION

5 years after the European Directive on plastic bags was adopted, we’re still waiting for the first data to be reported by Member States to assess if the target of reducing the average plastic bag use in Europe by half has been achieved. Meanwhile, this report examines and compares the measures adopted at the national […]

Sachet Economy: Big Problems in Small Packets

The report Sachet Economy: Big Problems in Small Packets looks into the sachet economy in the Philippines that continues to add to and worsen the growing plastics pollution problem, how the big businesses corrupted Filipino’s tingi culture, and a new study by the Research Center for Social Sciences and Education of the University of Santo […]

Convention on Plastic Pollution: Toward a new agreement to address plastic pollution

This plastic pollution crisis is inherently transboundary in nature and thus requires a concerted and coordinated global response to adequately address it.

20 Years of Government Responses to the Global Plastic Pollution Problem

Plastic pollution in the ocean is a global problem that requires cooperation from a wide range of groups (e.g., governments, producers, consumers, researchers, civil society). However, by virtue of their core regulatory powers, governments have a critical role to play in helping to solve this problem. This study aims to synthesize the policy response of […]

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Youth, News, Policy

Young people from around the world stand for a global plastics treaty to end plastic pollution

April 28, 2023 by admin

#BreakFreeFromPlastic Youth Summit 2023 gathered young people for skills building and a united campaign against plastic pollution

Youth News Policy

Member Stories, Policy

Lithuania’s advances in restricting the use of plastic bags

March 14, 2023 by Domantas Tracevičius, Ziedine Ekonomika

Domantas Tracevičius, founder of Ziedine Ekonomika in Lithuania and BFFP core member, sat down with Kasparas Adomaitis, Member of the Environmental Protection Committee at the Parliament of Lithuania, to ask him about Lithuania’s advances in restricting the use of plastic bags.

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News, Policy

New McDonald's study attempts to water down EU ambition on reuse

February 28, 2023 by Comms Hub

Environment NGOs regret both short-sighted approach ignoring well researched solutions, and lack of substantiated data and transparency

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News, Policy

Parliament vote passes a full ban on plastic EU waste exports

February 10, 2023 by Bethany Spendlove Keeley, Europe Communications Officer

In January 2023, the European Parliament voted on the report tabled by MEP Weiss on the Regulation for the shipment of waste. The Rethink Plastic alliance and the Break Free From Plastic movement applaud the outcome.

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