A great time was had by all in this interview between Gwyneth Paltrow and @judithenck.bsky.social on Paltrow's podcast. Thanks so much for having us on to talk about our book "The Problem with Plastic."
Give it a listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLR0...
Our demand is simple: phase out fossil fuel, stop financing plastic production, and invest in real solutions like #reuse systems.
@fairresource.bsky.social @plasticsoupfoun.bsky.social @wecf.org @banktrack.bsky.social
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
Despite its public sustainability claims, #ING continues to finance plastic production - locking us into fossil fuels and driving the plastic pollution crisis.
Since 2019, ING has poured $9 million into US petrochemical expansion and €4 billion into new plastic production.
📣 We’re confronting ING bank at its Annual General Meeting in Amsterdam 🇳🇱
As shareholders meet inside, @milieudefensie & communities impacted by plastic production across Europe and the US are taking action – demonstrating outside, and asking the hard questions inside.
🌍 Read more 👇
www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2026/03/26/general-circu...
A court ruling recognized the obligation of the State to take effective measures against the impacts of single-use plastics, including the possibility of establishing its prohibition to guarantee human rights to a healthy environment and the health.
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Toxic Substances and Human Rights expressed concern over attempts to enforce the ban on single-use plastics in Mexico through the enactment of the General Law on Circular Economy (LGEC). 🧵
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
📽️ Watch the full video to see a blueprint for a plastic pollution-free future.
www.youtube.com/watch
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #ZeroWaste #ReuseAndRefill #ZeroWasteDay
For years, Barangay Potrero was a catch basin for plastic waste flowing from neighboring cities, leading todevastating floods.
Cleanups weren't enough,
the plastic waste kept on coming.
Transformation is possible when solutions are designed with the community, and focused on the root cause of the issue.
Read through to see how Barangay Potrero is proving that a zero-waste world is within reach. 👇 🌍
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #ZeroWaste #ReuseAndRefill
A strong, binding Plastics Treaty must protect our health. 🫁
🩺 Demand a strong treaty that puts health and justice before profit.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticsTreaty #WorldHealthDay
🌍 Plastics are not just an environmental issue, they’re a public health crisis. 🩸 From the moment they’re made to the second they’re thrown away, plastics release toxic chemicals that harm our bodies and our communities.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #WorldHealthDay
Compliance is important. But accountability must be swift and decisive.
Read the open letter: wiki.ban.org/images/a/a4/Open_Letter_...
914 containers of #ewaste are sitting in Batam, and there’s still no deadline for sending them back.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic members call on the Indonesian government to take decisive action against illegal toxic trade.
#WasteColonialism
While the U.S. Government announced today that they are prioritizing microplastics research, their plans are not going far enough to protect human health. Learn why bit.ly/3QgoXtK #PlasticPollutes #BreakFreeFromPlastic
Read our full response to The White House Microplastics “Announcement”
www.greenpeace.org/usa/u-s-plas...
🔎The @healthandenv.bsky.social report shows evidence on how chemical and microplastics pollution is affecting men’s health and their future children.
👉 Read it to learn more: www.env-health.org/new-report-chemical-poll...
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #Health
Your food packaging may be affecting your ability to have children. New York lawmakers can do something about it.
Read a new op-ed from @judithenck.bsky.social and Shanna Swan to learn more: www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/27/t...
🏷️ @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social, @leaderasc.bsky.social
While corporations continue to cling to throwaway culture, local communities show what it means to break free from plastic. 🌏
Watch the full video to learn more. 📽️
https://youtu.be/4yHciBGNKoE
#ZeroWasteDay #BreakFreeFromPlastic
From plastic floods to a refill revolution! 🌊✨ Residents of Barangay Potrero, Malabon, Philippines, are moving beyond cleanups to demand real system change.
Watch the trailer and stay tuned for the full short film!
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
Petrochemical expansion is not inevitable — it is financed.
Our new report traces $133B in bank financing and $1.6T in investor exposure behind US petrochemical growth — even as legal challenges, overcapacity, & cancellations mount
Read: bit.ly/4uOHCga
Across the world, communities are pushed to rely on bottled water as public systems are neglected or polluted. This #WorldWaterDay, let’s make our message heard. 💧
Learn more:
www.storyofstuff.org/movies/story-of-bottled-...
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
🇮🇩 #INDONESIA: New report shows that while many regions have passed plastic-ban laws, enforcement gaps mean plastic items are still everywhere. Data from Plastic Diet Indonesia also shows that this has let businesses and local governments off the hook.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
Ten years later, there are hundreds of organizations in Latin America and around the world working for a plastic-free future.
With 38 years of history, Pólis understands that plastic is not just waste, it is also a matter of socio-environmental justice.
In Latin America, the Polis Institute of Brazil, a Brazilian civil society organization with more than 30 years of work on urban, social, and environmental issues, has played a key role in BFFP's first steps in the region.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #InstitutoPolis #BFFP10Years
The new documentary #ThePlasticDetox is an eye-opening journey into the hidden dangers of plastic in our homes, with an eye towards one challenge specifically: the worldwide fertility crisis. 📽️
Watch the film and join the call for a strong #PlasticsTreaty!
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
Stopping #nurdle pollution means stopping plastic pollution at its source, cutting production, fixing transport systems, and holding corporations accountable for spills and leaks.
Tiny pellets. Massive harm. Time to act.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticPollution
Tiny but toxic. Plastic pellets (aka nurdles) might be some of the smallest pieces of plastic, but they’re causing huge damage to oceans, marine life, and food chains around the world. 🐟🌊
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticPollution
🌍 This #WorldRecyclingDay, we demand systemic solutions: a move away from single-use plastics and toward a future built on reuse and corporate accountability. ✊✨
