Rethink Plastic alliance

Check out #BreakFreeFromPlastic highs ✅ & lows ❌ for the second day of #INC52 negotiations for a #PlasticsTreaty as well as the key stories from today: breakfreefromplastic.org/poplite/

🌍 We need a #PlasticsTreaty that can deliver meaningful impact to protect the environment, biodiversity, human health, and human rights.

Swipe to learn @breakfreefromplastic.org's 10 priorities for a successful Treaty!

Contact your minister: www.breakfreefromplastic.org/plastics-tre...

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Chemical pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn More than 100 million ‘novel entity’ chemicals are in circulation, with health impact not widely recognised

☠️Chemical pollution is a crisis comparable with climate change☠️

A new report has uncovered that the industrial economy has created more than 100 million chemicals not found in nature & around 40,000 - 350,000 are in commercial use and production. 🧵

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Yesterday, we joined the citizen mobilization organized by the NGO stop2drop in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva, where 1 million collected cigarette butts were displayed as a memorial to symbolize the urgency of tackling massive plastic pollution. @breakfreefromplastic.org

🧪 Toxic chemicals in plastics have serious impacts on human health! 😷

Follow @breakfreefromplastic for more updates on the #PlasticsTreaty negotiations.

#BreakFreeFromPlastic #INC52 #BeatPlasticPollution

From Overproduction to Opportunity: EU Leadership in the Plastics Treaty - Center for International Environmental Law The brief examines steps the EU can take during the Plastics Treaty negotiations and in regional policy to remain competitive in the years to come.

How can the EU play a leading role in securing a strong #PlasticsTreaty?

The EU’s declining plastics market may bolster its case for transformative change through binding global limits on plastic production.

Read @ciel.org briefing "From Overproduction to Opportunity" 👇

🌍 These are the highs and lows from Day One of the #PlasticsTreaty negotiations in Geneva! 🙇🏽‍♀️

➡️ POPLite (Progress on Plastic) will be updating each day to share the most important developments on one of the most important treaties of our time. 🙌

🇨🇭 Plastics Treaty talks are underway in Geneva.
INC Chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso opened with a clear call:
“The urgency is real, the evidence is clear, and the responsibility is ours.”
💪 Now, countries must find the courage to act.
👀 Follow along for updates from inside the room. #PlasticsTreaty

Cigarette filters are plastic pollution and toxic, unnecessary, and totally avoidable.

This #INC52, support a ban in the #PlasticsTreaty. Let’s end plastic filters for good. 👉 noplasticfilter.org

#NoPlasticFilter #BreakFreeFromPlastic
@fairresource.bsky.social

Plastics are poisoning us. The science is clear.
📍 We’re in Geneva with a message for negotiators:
💪🏽 Now is the time for courage — to stop obstruction and deliver a #PlasticsTreaty that saves lives.
🌍 The world is watching.
#INC52

✊ One day before the final round of negotiations for a Global #PlasticsTreaty start, hundreds of citizens and civil society organisations gathered at the UN Place des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, to demand an ambitious & legally binding treaty! www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/08/05/s... (1/5)

The #PlasticsTreaty negotiations have officially begun! Follow us for updates from the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. WATCH LIVE webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1n... (🧵) #INC52

The EU has a pivotal role to ensure this treaty delivers the ambition we urgently need.

#BreakFreeFromPlastic #BeatPlasticPollution #INC5

@ec.europa.eu @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu
www.europejacquesdelors.eu/news/keeping...

Plastics Treaty | Break Free From Plastic On March 2, 2022, the United Nations approved a landmark agreement to create the world’s first-ever global plastics pollution treaty, adopted upon the

⚖️ Center human rights
🏭 Keep polluters out of decision-making

Let’s make sure the #PlasticsTreaty is not just words on paper — but a real turning point:
www.breakfreefromplastic.org/plastics-tre...

💶 Secure equitable, robust funding for implementation
🤝 Support a #justtransition for affected communities
🚢 Tackle #wastecolonialism & environmental racism
🔄 Prioritize #reuse & refill in a post-plastic future

📉 Global rules to reduce #plastic production
☣️ Protect human #health, biodiversity & environment from toxic chemicals
🗳️ Ensure countries can vote when consensus fails
🔎 Expose the truth about plastics

Commissioner @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu reaffirmed the EU’s commitment to a strong and effective treaty. But commitment must turn into action.

As #INC 5.2 begins, we call on the EU to walk the talk and push for real ambition. Here’s what that looks like:

🚨 The #PlasticsTreaty is a rare opportunity to tackle the global plastic crisis - it should not be wasted.

Last month, we met with ‪Commissioner Roswall‬ to deliver an open letter urging the EU to lead boldly in treaty negotiations. Here's what we’re asking for 🧵👇
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #INC

With Ipsos, we surveyed people in the UK, France, Germany & Poland with questions about common recycling claims & symbols used on plastic packaging.

We asked about the impact of plastic on the environment & how recycling claims change how people feel about it.🧵

www.clientearth.org/latest/news/...

Unsure about recycling claims and symbols used on #plastic packaging? You're not alone.

A new poll (commissioned by @clientearth.bsky.social) shows that many European consumers believe products with recycling logos will actually be recycled if properly disposed of.

But this simply isn't accurate.

We need to listen to the scientists in the final round of Global Plastics Treaty talks in Geneva from Monday (4 August)
Listen to Bethanie Carney Almroth, Professor of Ecotoxicology https://loom.ly/CRVK2oE

#plastic #pollution #GlobalPlasticsTreaty #science #health #INC5.2 #podcast

❝ Petrostates are holding plastics treaty talks hostage. Countries should vote them down - Geneva Solutions As a minority threatens to block final negotiations in Geneva for a plastics treaty, countries should invoke their right to vote to ensure an ambitious agreement is reached, write Philippe Bolo (Franc...

"Petrostates are holding #PlasticsTreaty talks hostage. A minority threatens to block final negotiations. Countries should invoke their right to vote to ensure an ambitious agreement is reached."
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📈 Keeping ambition at the core of the Global Plastics Treaty

🗞️ Ahead of the International Negotiating Committee (INC) session from 5 to 14 August 2025, discover our new blog post advocating for a strong, effective Global Plastics Treaty.

👉 www.europejacquesdelors.eu/news/keeping...

INC5.2 #PlasticsTreaty talks are soon here. Will the EU set an example of leadership in a time when multilateralism is threatened? Find out more about the stakes, political dynamics and dangers of settling for a weak agreement👇 @delorseurope.bsky.social www.europejacquesdelors.eu/news/keeping...

The next round of #PlasticsTreaty negotiations are coming up in August in Geneva. 🌍

Together, we must urge nations to adopt an ambitious and effective treaty.

👉 Join us. Contact your Minister now.
www.breakfreefromplastic.org/plastics-tre...

#BreakFreeFromPlastic #BeatPlasticPollution #INC52

☠️The fact that everyday chemical products may contain ingredients that cause cancer is already problematic. The bare minimum would be to have labelling & packaging that clearly states any hazardous substance – so that we can protect ourselves.

But the Chemicals #Omnibus would do the exact opposite.

🚨NEW: The @ec.europa.eu unveiled its Chemicals Industry Action Plan: a major win for industry, a dangerous loss for health and environment.

This proposals risk:
❌ Weakening safety laws
❌ Allowing carcinogens in cosmetics
❌ Scrapping transparency on nanomaterials

⚠️CIEL joins key health and environmental NGOs calling on the European Commission @ec.europa.eu to withdraw the Chemicals deregulation Omnibus package. 🧪

This deregulation drive puts profits above people, weakening safety rules on hazardous mixtures, cosmetic ingredients & product transparency.

📢 10 EU cities incl. Paris, Brussels & Tallinn urge @ec.europa.eu: Make packaging EPR drive waste prevention & reuse.

🚨 +27% packaging waste in 10 yrs
💸 Cities pay for cleanup
We need full producer responsibility! 👉 zurl.co/rL6gx

#BreaktheSingleUseBias

@bxllaville.bsky.social @paris.fr

📢 We call on the European Commission to deliver on its promises with a bold #REACH reform and a credible roadmap to 2050 - one that ensures real progress on decarbonisation, detoxification, and circularity, backed by clear targets and sector-specific actions.

#ToxicFreeFuture #REACH #PFAS