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As the world gathers in Belém, Brazil for #COP30, learn more about how plastics impact climate change.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
As the world gathers in Belém, Brazil for #COP30, learn more about how plastics impact climate change.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
At COP30 in Belém do Pará, Brazil, an urgent call to action has been presented: the Surf Manifesto for the Climate and the Future of the Ocean.
Learn more 👉 vist.ly/4f69f
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #Cop30 @ecosurfoficial.bsky.social
Learn more 👉 vist.ly/4f69f
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #Cop30 @ecosurfoficial.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
At COP30 in Belém do Pará, Brazil, an urgent call to action has been presented: the Surf Manifesto for the Climate and the Future of the Ocean.
Learn more 👉 vist.ly/4f69f
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #Cop30 @ecosurfoficial.bsky.social
Learn more 👉 vist.ly/4f69f
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #Cop30 @ecosurfoficial.bsky.social
One in every 25 participants at #COP30 is a fossil fuel lobbyist, raising serious questions about the corporate capture and credibility of the annual Cop negotiations.
Read more from this article by @ninalakhani.bsky.social via @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Read more from this article by @ninalakhani.bsky.social via @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 AM
One in every 25 participants at #COP30 is a fossil fuel lobbyist, raising serious questions about the corporate capture and credibility of the annual Cop negotiations.
Read more from this article by @ninalakhani.bsky.social via @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Read more from this article by @ninalakhani.bsky.social via @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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At COP30 in Belém do Pará, more than 50,000 people made history with a clear, unified message:
“It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.”
Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊
“It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.”
Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
At COP30 in Belém do Pará, more than 50,000 people made history with a clear, unified message:
“It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.”
Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊
“It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.”
Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊
Courts are increasingly stepping in, recognizing that the right to a clean and healthy environment isn’t optional.
Read more here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/can-courts-combat-plastic-pollution-lessons-from-indonesia-commentary/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #EnvironmentalJustice
Read more here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/can-courts-combat-plastic-pollution-lessons-from-indonesia-commentary/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #EnvironmentalJustice
November 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Courts are increasingly stepping in, recognizing that the right to a clean and healthy environment isn’t optional.
Read more here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/can-courts-combat-plastic-pollution-lessons-from-indonesia-commentary/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #EnvironmentalJustice
Read more here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/can-courts-combat-plastic-pollution-lessons-from-indonesia-commentary/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #EnvironmentalJustice
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2/ This comes just a week after an ammonia leak & explosion at fertilizer giant CF Industries’ plant in Mississippi forced an entire community to shelter in place or evacuate.
A pattern is emerging, and it's dangerous.
www.mississippifreepress.org/yazoo-city-r...
A pattern is emerging, and it's dangerous.
www.mississippifreepress.org/yazoo-city-r...
Yazoo City Told to Shelter in Place After Explosion, Ammonia Leak
Officials are asking residents of Yazoo City to shelter in place after an ammonia plant exploded around 4:25 p.m. at C.F. Industries.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
2/ This comes just a week after an ammonia leak & explosion at fertilizer giant CF Industries’ plant in Mississippi forced an entire community to shelter in place or evacuate.
A pattern is emerging, and it's dangerous.
www.mississippifreepress.org/yazoo-city-r...
A pattern is emerging, and it's dangerous.
www.mississippifreepress.org/yazoo-city-r...
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1/ Dozens hospitalized. 500+ evacuated.
From ONE truck carrying toxic ammonia.
Now, industry wants to add 54.5 million metric tons of fossil-fuel-based ammonia to US communities — touting it as “clean, sustainable.”
⚠️ Ammonia isn’t clean. Ammonia isn’t safe.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
From ONE truck carrying toxic ammonia.
Now, industry wants to add 54.5 million metric tons of fossil-fuel-based ammonia to US communities — touting it as “clean, sustainable.”
⚠️ Ammonia isn’t clean. Ammonia isn’t safe.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Hundreds evacuated and dozens hospitalized after an ammonia gas leak in Oklahoma
People in immediate area were in respiratory distress after a tanker truck spewed a plume of anhydrous ammonia gas
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
1/ Dozens hospitalized. 500+ evacuated.
From ONE truck carrying toxic ammonia.
Now, industry wants to add 54.5 million metric tons of fossil-fuel-based ammonia to US communities — touting it as “clean, sustainable.”
⚠️ Ammonia isn’t clean. Ammonia isn’t safe.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
From ONE truck carrying toxic ammonia.
Now, industry wants to add 54.5 million metric tons of fossil-fuel-based ammonia to US communities — touting it as “clean, sustainable.”
⚠️ Ammonia isn’t clean. Ammonia isn’t safe.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reuse is part of our culture and has been practiced for many centuries. 🔁 🫙🍃
Learn more from #BreakFreeFromPlastic changemaker Rahyang Nusantara.
#Reuse #ReuseAndRefill #NoToSingleUse #ReuseSolutions
Learn more from #BreakFreeFromPlastic changemaker Rahyang Nusantara.
#Reuse #ReuseAndRefill #NoToSingleUse #ReuseSolutions
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Reuse is part of our culture and has been practiced for many centuries. 🔁 🫙🍃
Learn more from #BreakFreeFromPlastic changemaker Rahyang Nusantara.
#Reuse #ReuseAndRefill #NoToSingleUse #ReuseSolutions
Learn more from #BreakFreeFromPlastic changemaker Rahyang Nusantara.
#Reuse #ReuseAndRefill #NoToSingleUse #ReuseSolutions
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A Texas shrimper just made ExxonMobil pause a $10 billion plastics project.
My new op-ed in @us.theguardian.com explores how Diane Wilson and her community used a local court challenge to pressure one of the world’s most powerful oil companies.
@breakfreefromplastic.org @goldmanprize.bsky.social
My new op-ed in @us.theguardian.com explores how Diane Wilson and her community used a local court challenge to pressure one of the world’s most powerful oil companies.
@breakfreefromplastic.org @goldmanprize.bsky.social
How a Texas shrimper stalled Exxon’s $10bn plastics plant | Shilpi Chhotray
Diane Wilson recognized Exxon’s playbook – and showed how local people can take on even the most entrenched industries
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
A Texas shrimper just made ExxonMobil pause a $10 billion plastics project.
My new op-ed in @us.theguardian.com explores how Diane Wilson and her community used a local court challenge to pressure one of the world’s most powerful oil companies.
@breakfreefromplastic.org @goldmanprize.bsky.social
My new op-ed in @us.theguardian.com explores how Diane Wilson and her community used a local court challenge to pressure one of the world’s most powerful oil companies.
@breakfreefromplastic.org @goldmanprize.bsky.social
After almost a decade of serving the #BreakFreeFromPlastic movement as its Global Coordinator, Von goes back to his roots in local campaigning as he leads Oceana’s Philippine team.
Read more 👇
www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/11/13/r...
#activism
Read more 👇
www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/11/13/r...
#activism
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
After almost a decade of serving the #BreakFreeFromPlastic movement as its Global Coordinator, Von goes back to his roots in local campaigning as he leads Oceana’s Philippine team.
Read more 👇
www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/11/13/r...
#activism
Read more 👇
www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/11/13/r...
#activism
Today, Europe is one of the world’s top #plastic producers. The petrochemical industry is lobbying hard to expand and deregulate to protect profits, not people.
#Petrochemicals are toxic to people and the planet. No space for expansion. No time to waste.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
#Petrochemicals are toxic to people and the planet. No space for expansion. No time to waste.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Today, Europe is one of the world’s top #plastic producers. The petrochemical industry is lobbying hard to expand and deregulate to protect profits, not people.
#Petrochemicals are toxic to people and the planet. No space for expansion. No time to waste.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
#Petrochemicals are toxic to people and the planet. No space for expansion. No time to waste.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
TOMORROW (Saturday, Nov. 8th) from 9 am - 5 pm PT / 12-8 pm ET 📽️🤩 WATCH LIVE as #BreakFreeFromPlastic Global Co-Coordinator Melissa Aguayo joins scientists, activists, business leaders & thought leaders in addressing the question: "How Do We Solve Plastic Pollution by 2040?"
bit.ly/TEDxLivestream
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November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
TOMORROW (Saturday, Nov. 8th) from 9 am - 5 pm PT / 12-8 pm ET 📽️🤩 WATCH LIVE as #BreakFreeFromPlastic Global Co-Coordinator Melissa Aguayo joins scientists, activists, business leaders & thought leaders in addressing the question: "How Do We Solve Plastic Pollution by 2040?"
bit.ly/TEDxLivestream
bit.ly/TEDxLivestream
🚨 New report shows @CocaCola increased its use of virgin plastic by 10% despite its commitment to tackle plastic pollution.
Learn more: https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/11/07/members-react-emf-2025-reports/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticPollution #CorporateAccountability
Learn more: https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/11/07/members-react-emf-2025-reports/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticPollution #CorporateAccountability
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🚨 New report shows @CocaCola increased its use of virgin plastic by 10% despite its commitment to tackle plastic pollution.
Learn more: https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/11/07/members-react-emf-2025-reports/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticPollution #CorporateAccountability
Learn more: https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/11/07/members-react-emf-2025-reports/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticPollution #CorporateAccountability
Tourism should uplift communities, not pollute them. 🌏✨
Let’s protect the places we love to visit.
Bring your reusables. Support zero-waste initiatives.
And help #BreakFreeFromPlastic, wherever your journey takes you. 💙
#ZeroWasteTourism #PacificEnvironment #ReuseRevolution
Let’s protect the places we love to visit.
Bring your reusables. Support zero-waste initiatives.
And help #BreakFreeFromPlastic, wherever your journey takes you. 💙
#ZeroWasteTourism #PacificEnvironment #ReuseRevolution
November 7, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Tourism should uplift communities, not pollute them. 🌏✨
Let’s protect the places we love to visit.
Bring your reusables. Support zero-waste initiatives.
And help #BreakFreeFromPlastic, wherever your journey takes you. 💙
#ZeroWasteTourism #PacificEnvironment #ReuseRevolution
Let’s protect the places we love to visit.
Bring your reusables. Support zero-waste initiatives.
And help #BreakFreeFromPlastic, wherever your journey takes you. 💙
#ZeroWasteTourism #PacificEnvironment #ReuseRevolution
Join us at the The People’s Microplastics Conference November 14–15 in Port O’Connor, TX!
Stay tuned for the full lineup and register for updates now at https://www.microplasticsconference.org/
#microplasticsconference #microplastics #plasticpollutes #plasticpollution
Stay tuned for the full lineup and register for updates now at https://www.microplasticsconference.org/
#microplasticsconference #microplastics #plasticpollutes #plasticpollution
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Join us at the The People’s Microplastics Conference November 14–15 in Port O’Connor, TX!
Stay tuned for the full lineup and register for updates now at https://www.microplasticsconference.org/
#microplasticsconference #microplastics #plasticpollutes #plasticpollution
Stay tuned for the full lineup and register for updates now at https://www.microplasticsconference.org/
#microplasticsconference #microplastics #plasticpollutes #plasticpollution
The first plastic ever produced is probably still lurking in the environment. 👻
Plastic takes years to decompose, and even then, it never fully disappears; it just gets smaller and smaller. There must be a massive reduction in #plastic production! 📉
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
Plastic takes years to decompose, and even then, it never fully disappears; it just gets smaller and smaller. There must be a massive reduction in #plastic production! 📉
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
October 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The first plastic ever produced is probably still lurking in the environment. 👻
Plastic takes years to decompose, and even then, it never fully disappears; it just gets smaller and smaller. There must be a massive reduction in #plastic production! 📉
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
Plastic takes years to decompose, and even then, it never fully disappears; it just gets smaller and smaller. There must be a massive reduction in #plastic production! 📉
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
🌊 A plastic-free sea is possible! We celebrate the signing of the decree establishing the National Plastic-Free Ocean Strategy (Enop) for 2025-2030.
#CleanOceans #BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticFreeOcean
#CleanOceans #BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticFreeOcean
October 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
🌊 A plastic-free sea is possible! We celebrate the signing of the decree establishing the National Plastic-Free Ocean Strategy (Enop) for 2025-2030.
#CleanOceans #BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticFreeOcean
#CleanOceans #BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticFreeOcean
Plastics are used for a few minutes, but end up in the environment for hundreds to thousands of years. 😣
Learn more about the plastics crisis and what you can do about it: https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #NoToSingleUse #microplastics
Learn more about the plastics crisis and what you can do about it: https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #NoToSingleUse #microplastics
October 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Plastics are used for a few minutes, but end up in the environment for hundreds to thousands of years. 😣
Learn more about the plastics crisis and what you can do about it: https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #NoToSingleUse #microplastics
Learn more about the plastics crisis and what you can do about it: https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #NoToSingleUse #microplastics
October is "Great Global Nurdle Hunt" Season! Join #nurdle hunters around the world and help gather evidence to address microplastic pollution!
🔎Do you want to become a nurdle hunter? Head to the Fidra website to find out how to take part.
👉 www.nurdlehunt.org.uk/take-part/th...
🔎Do you want to become a nurdle hunter? Head to the Fidra website to find out how to take part.
👉 www.nurdlehunt.org.uk/take-part/th...
October 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
October is "Great Global Nurdle Hunt" Season! Join #nurdle hunters around the world and help gather evidence to address microplastic pollution!
🔎Do you want to become a nurdle hunter? Head to the Fidra website to find out how to take part.
👉 www.nurdlehunt.org.uk/take-part/th...
🔎Do you want to become a nurdle hunter? Head to the Fidra website to find out how to take part.
👉 www.nurdlehunt.org.uk/take-part/th...
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After more than a decade of advocacy, today marks a major milestone in the fight against plastic pellet pollution! 🌊 The European Parliament has officially approved the Regulation on preventing pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution. A long-awaited step towards a zero pellet loss in Europe.
October 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
After more than a decade of advocacy, today marks a major milestone in the fight against plastic pellet pollution! 🌊 The European Parliament has officially approved the Regulation on preventing pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution. A long-awaited step towards a zero pellet loss in Europe.
Will plastics be part of our fossil remains? 🦴🐚🌿
PLASTICS will leave a trace like no other; they’re found everywhere. ⛰️🌊
With systemic change, community-led solutions, and strong policy interventions, we can still rewrite our history!
#ArchaeologyDay #BreakFreeFromPlastic
PLASTICS will leave a trace like no other; they’re found everywhere. ⛰️🌊
With systemic change, community-led solutions, and strong policy interventions, we can still rewrite our history!
#ArchaeologyDay #BreakFreeFromPlastic
October 18, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Will plastics be part of our fossil remains? 🦴🐚🌿
PLASTICS will leave a trace like no other; they’re found everywhere. ⛰️🌊
With systemic change, community-led solutions, and strong policy interventions, we can still rewrite our history!
#ArchaeologyDay #BreakFreeFromPlastic
PLASTICS will leave a trace like no other; they’re found everywhere. ⛰️🌊
With systemic change, community-led solutions, and strong policy interventions, we can still rewrite our history!
#ArchaeologyDay #BreakFreeFromPlastic
Have you heard about Plastic Credits? 🤔 It's where companies provide funding for waste collection initiatives to “offset” their plastic footprint.
Real solutions begin with reduction, not compensation.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticCredits
Real solutions begin with reduction, not compensation.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticCredits
October 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Have you heard about Plastic Credits? 🤔 It's where companies provide funding for waste collection initiatives to “offset” their plastic footprint.
Real solutions begin with reduction, not compensation.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticCredits
Real solutions begin with reduction, not compensation.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticCredits
The City of Philadelphia has sued two companies — #SCJohnson, which owns Ziploc, and #BimboBakeries, which owns Oroweat, Sara Lee & other name brands — for a "coordinated campaign of deception" over misleading recycling claims, including around the #How2Recycle "chasing arrows" symbol. ♻️👎 #Philly
October 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The City of Philadelphia has sued two companies — #SCJohnson, which owns Ziploc, and #BimboBakeries, which owns Oroweat, Sara Lee & other name brands — for a "coordinated campaign of deception" over misleading recycling claims, including around the #How2Recycle "chasing arrows" symbol. ♻️👎 #Philly
🚨 On August 22nd, an explosion at the Smitty’s Supply oil & chemical plant in Roseland, Louisiana, U.S. forced the evacuation of an elementary school and all residents in a one-mile (1.6 km) radius. More than a month later, people still have urgent concerns. (Photo Credit: © Julie Dermansky) 🧵 (1/3)
October 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🚨 On August 22nd, an explosion at the Smitty’s Supply oil & chemical plant in Roseland, Louisiana, U.S. forced the evacuation of an elementary school and all residents in a one-mile (1.6 km) radius. More than a month later, people still have urgent concerns. (Photo Credit: © Julie Dermansky) 🧵 (1/3)
In a historic ruling, the Environmental Court ruled against the State for a textile mega-landfill in Alto Hospicio, Chile.
#CommunityAction #CareForThePlanet #AltoHospicio #BreakFreeFromPlastic
#CommunityAction #CareForThePlanet #AltoHospicio #BreakFreeFromPlastic
October 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
In a historic ruling, the Environmental Court ruled against the State for a textile mega-landfill in Alto Hospicio, Chile.
#CommunityAction #CareForThePlanet #AltoHospicio #BreakFreeFromPlastic
#CommunityAction #CareForThePlanet #AltoHospicio #BreakFreeFromPlastic