#BreakFreeFromPlastic

COP is the UN’s annual climate summit, where almost every country negotiates how to tackle the climate crisis. As the climate crisis worsens, the plastic pollution crisis is on the rise as well. [1/2]

The new BFFP report “Cashing In On Plastic”, developed in collaboration with @FairFinvzw and @FacingFinance, examines the role financial institutions play in backing for the world's Top Plastic Polluters. 🧵

Four surfers started cleaning Ecuador’s beaches in 2014. Today, Mingas por el mar works from within communities to cut single-use plastics, and its data has helped drive national regulation. Change begins locally, but it has to reach much further.

breakfreefromplastic.org/2026/10/24/min…

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Plastic pollution doesn’t affect everyone equally. In Brazil, the Instituto de Direito Coletivo (IDC) sees it as a matter of social justice: recycling cooperatives carry much of the cost of a system built on endless waste.

NEW REPORT: 27 of 28 well-known figures tested positive for microplastics in their blood. 🧪

Read the report: plasticpollutioncoalition.org/wp-content/upl…

#Microplastics #BreakFreeFromPlastic