Break Free From Plastic

🌎Positive news for #WorldHealthDay🌎 Progress seems to finally be being made on banning PFAS, or 'forever chemicals', a group of chemicals found in all manner of everyday products from cookware to waterproof clothing. This group of thousands of chemicals has been shown through extensive research to have negative effects on our health in many different ways, from increasing the risk of certain cancers to limiting foetal development. We are starting to see countries introduce restrictions and bans on PFAS, which is progress worth spotlighting. However, there is still a way to go. We believe: ❗Nothing but a full ban on PFAS is enough ❗ It's up to companies and industry to lead the way to PFAS-free business ❗It should be those who have polluted with PFAS that shoulder the costs of cleaning it up Here's how you can take action against PFAS this #WorldHealthDay: https://lnkd.in/esbyr2mU

Break Free From Plastic is hiring! We are on the search for Policy Coordinator for the BFFP European coordination team. Are you a creative and organised person, experienced in advocacy campaigning and coordination who can navigate EU policy-making systems? Check out the new full-time opportunity based in Brussels, Belgium and apply! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e5ig7wiF #BreakFreeFromPlastic

The EU Council and the European Parliament have provisionally agreed on a regulation to tackle environmental pollution with plastic pellets — an industrial raw material used in plastic products. Packaging Insights discusses what packagers can do to prevent pellet spillage with the Environmental Investigation Agency and the Brussels-based NGO Seas At Risk. Amy Youngman, Frédérique MONGODIN, Paulina Hennig-Kloska, Rethink Plastic Alliance #packaging #plastic #pollution #environment #material Reported by Milana Nikolova. Read the full article here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ejcNQ3uv

📌 New Blog Post! 📄 Global Recycling Day, established in 2018, was an opportunity for #BreakFreeFromPlastic members in Africa to highlight the realities of recycling and waste management across the continent. 🌍 This March also marked International Zero Waste Day, International Women’s Day, and International Waste Picker Month —all of which were integrated into our actions for Global Recycling Day. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g53-kM4F #GlobalRecyclingDay #ZeroWaste #WastePickers #AfricaForZeroWaste #BreakFreeFromPlastic

Plastic is everywhere — even in the food we eat, water we drink, and air we breathe. It chokes oceans, poisons soil, and now it's in our bloodstreams. 🩸 Plastic suffocates life. 😷 It's time to act. 🌍 Visit breakfreefromplastic.org to learn more about the plastics crisis. Animation by Jenny Lewis Ⓥ🌱 https://lnkd.in/gBMmM_nE #BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticSuffocatesLife #PlasticPollution

Hundreds of volunteers are expected to take to the banks of the Missouri River and clear thousands of pounds of trash. After the cleanup, members said they would conduct a brand audit of the collected trash, an initiative part of a larger #BreakFreeFromPlastic report that helps identify the world’s leading polluters to provide crucial data and support accountability. Read more via this article from KCTV/KSMO/tv by Sarah Motter 👇 https://lnkd.in/gRZQ6eZS #BrandAudit #PlasticsBrandAudit

🌍 Apply Now: Zero Waste Academy 🌍 Join the movement to build Africa's zero waste leaders! 🚀 GAIA & BFFP Africa are launching the Zero Waste Academy, a dynamic program that will equip you with the skills and tools to implement zero waste solutions across Africa 🌍 What You'll Learn: 📚 Practical, community-led approaches to waste and methane reduction 🌱 Sustainable resource management 🎯 Hands-on experience in waste characterization, composting, and plastic reduction What to Expect: 🚀 Blended learning approach: virtual training + in-person workshops 👥 Expert-led sessions and field visits with leading zero waste practitioners 📈 Capstone project: develop and implement a Zero Waste Action Plan for your community 🤝 Networking and peer learning with a growing movement of zero waste advocates in Africa When: April - July 2025 📅 Don't miss this opportunity to join the zero waste movement in Africa! 🌟 Apply now! 📝 👉 https://bit.ly/4iXkqGg #BreakFreeFromPlastic

We have a deal! 🖊️ Late last night, the EU agreed on promising new rules to curb #PlasticPelletPollution 🚯 🙂 The good? This regulation will be binding and covers both sources of #PlasticPelletPollution on land and at sea. 😕 The not-so-good? Delays and exemptions allow too many actors to slip through loopholes, making the regulation less effective and exposing ecosystems to further pollution. 🌊 🌳 Read more in the Rethink Plastic Alliance press release 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e3PiS3Vz #Microplastics #BeatPelletPollution Environmental Investigation Agency Surfrider Foundation Europe Photo 📷 Fidra

The EU Commission, European Council and European Parliament are tomorrow due to finalise the text for legislation to crack down on plastic pellet pollution. After nearly a decade of pushing for action on plastic pellet pollution, EIA calls on them to seize this moment and deliver: ➡️binding rules across the supply chain, including SMEs ➡️strong, enforceable maritime obligations ➡️real transparency, with mandatory reporting of pellets handled and lost through standardised incident reports that are publicly accessible ➡️no delays, no loopholes and no half-measures. Plastic pellets are one of the largest sources of microplastic pollution – yet entirely preventable. It’s time to make zero pellet loss a legal reality! Find out more about plastics pollution at https://lnkd.in/dWkq3Di #plastics #pollution #oceans

🚨 The environmental impacts of the collision between a cargo ship 🚢 and an oil tanker off the UK’s East Yorkshire coast 🌊 earlier this month are becoming clearer. EIA Ocean Campaigner Jacob Kean-Hammerson travelled to the Norfolk coast 🏖️ south of the spill to see the situation at first hand – and found plastic pellets ⚪ washing ashore from the accident. The tanker was carrying 220,000 barrels of jet fuel ⛽, some of which spilt into the North Sea 🌊, while the cargo ship was transporting alcohol 🍷, 15 containers of sodium cyanide ☠️ – and nurdles, tiny plastic pellets ⚪ which are the building blocks of manufactured plastic goods. Watch his site report here 🎥 and find out more about the problems with plastic pellets at: https://lnkd.in/eqQUTii7 #plastics ⚪ #pollution ⚠️ #nurdles ⚪ #Yorkshire 📍 #Norfolk 📍 #UK 🇬🇧 #climatechange 🌎