BFFP Newsletter: BIG Win against Ineos, BIG Failure by the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, Plastic Ban in Maldives, and more!

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Subject: BFFP Newsletter: BIG Win against Ineos, BIG Failure by the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, Plastic Ban in Maldives, and more!

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Ineos just suspended its plans for a new plastics plant!

Ineos cuts major plastics investment in wake of court action

Following ClientEarth’s November court win, there has been a surprise announcement from petrochemical giant Ineos. Project One, one of its two major plastics units in the Port of Antwerp, Belgium, has been put on ice. This is a big win for the climate. Congratulations to #BreakFreeFromPlastic members who helped to make this happen!

(Photo Credit: REUTERS/Saurabh Sharma)

LA Times Endorses the Presidential Plastics Action Plan

In November 2019, the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW)—a nonprofit group whose members include the world’s biggest fossil fuel and petrochemical companies—said that the Renew Oceans project would be expanded worldwide and “ultimately could stop the flow of plastic into the planet’s ocean.” Today, virtually all that remains of the $5 million project are a wheelbarrow and a handful of litter traps outside a locked office in Varanasi, India.

“AEPW’s programs are trivial in scale and not replicable to make a real reduction in the massive amount of global plastic pollution.” — #breakfreefromplastic changemaker Jan Dell, The Last Beach Cleanup

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The Maldives government prepares for an all-out single-use plastic ban in 2023!

The Maldives government has just recently announced the initial steps towards implementing an ambitious single use plastic phaseout plans starting 2023. They have released a list of products that will now face an import ban and are considered as some of the most problematic single-use plastic in the country.

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How to fix Europe’s Plastic Waste Trade Issues

Did you know that ONE THIRD of the European Union’s reported plastic packaging recycling is actually shipped outside of its borders? Exporting waste simply externalises the problem, placing the burden of managing plastic pollution on other countries. The European Union’s revision of the Waste Shipment Regulation, as part of the elements embedded in the wider Circular Economy Action Plan and EU Green Deal, offers an opportunity for change.

Read the recommendations of #breakfreefromplastic members.

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Win for Extended Producers’ Responsibility in India

Great news! India's National Green Tribunal is now recognizing that even plastic pens should be covered under the Plastic Waste Management Rules. They have also directed the country's Central Pollution Control Board to include plastic pens in their Extended Producers' Responsibility Framework!

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McDonald’s Announces Ban on PFAS Chemicals

McDonald’s is banning PFAS (the abbreviation for a group of manufactured chemicals) from its food packaging! Thanks to leaders with the Mind the Store campaign, more than 75,000 people urged the company to take action to protect its customers, communities, and the planet.

“These toxic chemicals last forever in the environment and contaminate drinking water. Especially now, as we fight a pandemic, we need to minimize exposures to toxic chemicals like PFAS that can make us more vulnerable to COVID-19 and its complications.” — Erika Schreder, Toxic-Free Future’s Science Director.

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Subject: BFFP Newsletter: BIG Win against Ineos, BIG Failure by the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, Plastic Ban in Maldives, and more!