BFFP Newsletter: BFFP’s Yvette Arellano on TEDx Countdown, Environmenstrual Week, Has COVID-19 Trashed the Recycling Dream?... and more!

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Subject: BFFP Newsletter: BFFP’s Yvette Arellano on TEDx Countdown, Environmenstrual Week, Has COVID-19 Trashed the Recycling Dream?... and more!

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TEDxPlasticPollutionCoalition

Yesterday, TEDxPlasticPollutionCoalition offered a digital series of presentations on plastic pollution and its connections to climate, justice, health, and equity — including a new TEDx Talk from #breakfreefromplastic changemaker Yvette Arellano.

"I knew plastic pollution could look like a bottle abandoned on the sidewalk, or an island of garbage in the ocean … I know now that plastic pollution can also look like fresh fallen snow coming out of wastewater discharge pipes; it can look like billowing plumes of black smoke coming out of refinery smokestacks, legally emitting cancer-causing benzene."

Watch the full event to learn more from Yvette and other leaders around the world.

WATCH the Video

Environmenstrual week is around the corner!

Women’s Environmental Network is putting the spotlight on periods during #environmenstrualweek from 19th-25th of October.

Menstrual products are a significant source of waste in Europe – generating around 590,000 tonnes of waste annually. There is a lot of work to be done to make eco-friendly, toxic free and plastic free products readily available for menstruators.

Join us, to amplify and magnify the work happening all across Europe and beyond.

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Zero Waste Cities in Indonesia in full swing!

#breakfreefromplastic members YPBB Bandung and Ecoton’s Zero Waste Cities are gaining momentum! The community-centered waste management program has expanded to three more areas in Bandung. In the Gresik regency, the program has also been gaining support from the public and community leaders.

Take a Look!

Speaking Truth to Power, from “Cancer Alley”

Sharon Lavigne from RISE St. James warns the entire US could soon become a “Cancer Alley” like her hometown: St. James Parish, Louisiana. Formosa Plastics Corporation plans to build a giant $9.4 billion complex that would more than double the area’s toxic air pollution, and more than triple exposure to cancer-causing chemicals.

The plastic industry is currently planning hundreds of other toxic plants around the world.

READ Sharon's Op-Ed!

The Plastic Pandemic: A Reuters Special Report

A Reuters special report paints a bleak picture of how COVID-19 has impacted plastic waste prevention around the world.

The recycling industry is suffering from labor shortages and other effects of the pandemic. Meanwhile, virgin plastic—which is made out of fossil fuels— has become a cheaper alternative to recycled plastic due to historically-low oil prices. Not surprisingly, this has led fossil fuel companies to invest massively in new plastic production at the expense of waste management.

(Photo credit: REUTERS/Baz Ratner)

READ the Special Report

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Subject: BFFP Newsletter: BFFP’s Yvette Arellano on TEDx Countdown, Environmenstrual Week, Has COVID-19 Trashed the Recycling Dream?... and more!