BFFP Newsletter 🌍📰 : Global Plastics Treaty negotiations happening next week!

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Subject: BFFP Newsletter 🌍📰 : Global Plastics Treaty negotiations happening next week!

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April 18, 2024

The Fourth Round of Negotiations for the Global Plastics Treaty Is Coming!

The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4), is scheduled to take place from 23 to 29 April 2024 at the Shaw Center in Ottawa, Canada.

The fourth session is a pivotal moment where we can make or break the Global Plastics Treaty. Pressure on the negotiation process is high as we move into the last year of the process and are still far from a Treaty that would truly address the plastics crisis, including the harms that plastic causes to communities across its entire life cycle. Watch out for updates on our social media channels.

Join us as we call for an ambitious and strong Global Plastics Treaty!

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New Sachets Brand Audit Report Out Now!

From 2019-2022, global brand audits recorded ‘sachets’ among the top 6 most prevalent types of plastic waste. The Sachets Brand Audit 2023 identified the top 10 sachet polluters in India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam: Unilever, Wings, Mayora Indah, Wadia Group, Balaji Wafers Private Limited, Procter & Gamble, Nestlé, Yes 2 Healthy Life, JG Summit Holdings, and Salim Group.

For years, FMCGs have flooded Asia’s markets with this inherently polluting, multi-layer packaging format! It’s time to #QuitSachets!

For members in indonesia you can access the report here: https://bit.ly/alt-sachets-brandaudit2023

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eu council unanimously adopted the revision of the waste shipment regulation

Movement leaders pose with US EPA Administrator Michael Regan during landmark ruling.

New U.S. EPA Rule Protects Frontline Communities from Toxic Petrochemicals

In a historic victory driven by BFFP US members RISE St. James, Concerned Citizens of St. John, The Descendants Project, Fenceline Watch, Earthjustice, California Communities Against Toxics, and many more, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new landmark rules limiting the release of cancer-causing pollutants, including ethylene oxide and chloroprene.

The rule will significantly increase air monitoring for more 200 of the most polluting industrial facilities in the nation and is estimated to reduce 6,200 tons of air pollution annually. While imperfect, the rule is largely seen as one of the strongest rules issued in the history of the Clean Air Act.

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Belize 2024 TrashBlitz Campus Report

First-Ever Brand Audit Report in Belize Calls for Refill Systems

Caribbean organization Sea of Life kicked off a national waste audit campaign across Belize. Their spring report reveals top polluters as Crystal Drinking Water and The Coca-Cola Company. Year-round audits are part of their comprehensive #MorePrideLessPlastic program which educates, trains, and accelerates local co-created solutions for plastic pollution. The report further supports their push for refillable water on school campuses in Belize.

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