BFFP Newsletter: Unveiling Corporate False Solutions, 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners, Media Coverage of Plastic in Southeast Asia …and more!

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Subject: BFFP Newsletter: Unveiling Corporate False Solutions, 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners, Media Coverage of Plastic in Southeast Asia …and more!

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New Report on Corporate False Solutions to the Plastic Pollution Crisis

Fast-Moving Consumer Goods companies (FMCGs) produce a staggering amount of plastic packaging that is not recyclable, which instead winds up being burned, landfilled, and/or discarded as pollution in the environment. For the first time, Break Free From Plastic has classified the plastic solutions projects of the seven top plastic polluters according to whether they represent real solutions or false ones.

The new report finds that only 39 corporate projects out of a total 265 focus on reuse. The remaining 226 corporate projects have been designated as false solutions to the plastic pollution crisis as defined by experts in our movement.

Join the three-day Action Storm on June 28-30th targeting the top plastic polluters—Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé—and let them know we’ve had #EnoughFalseSolutions.

Take action!

Two Plastic Activists Win the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize

The Goldman Environmental Prize honors grassroots environmental heroes representing six regions of the world every year for their efforts protecting and enhancing the natural environment.

This year, the prizes for Africa and North America were awarded to two inspiring women fighting the plastic pollution crisis: Gloria Majiga-Kamoto of Malawi and Sharon Lavigne of the United States.

Learn more

Raising Media Coverage of Plastics in Southeast Asia

Upcoming Webinar: Media Coverage of Plastics in Southeast Asia

Break Free From Plastic Asia-Pacific, together with Climate Tracker, will be hosting a webinar on June 30th about our joint media research report on coverage of the plastic pollution crisis by Southeast Asian journalists during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Join us to learn how Southeast Asian journalists can better communicate about plastic, as well as how civil society organizations can more effectively support journalists in this important work.

Exclusive: Zero-Waste School in Da Nang, Vietnam

Ever wonder what a zero-waste school looks like in Southeast Asia?

#breakfreefromplastic member Vietnam Zero Waste Alliance (VZWA) shows us how the primary school of Tran Dai Nghia in Da Nang, Vietnam started a recycling kitchen system that has reduced its monthly waste by 60%, thereby saving VND 1 million ($43 million USD) in garbage treatment fees while producing 100kg of nutritional compost each month.

Celebrating Black Community Leadership on Juneteenth

Juneteenth (June 19th) is the U.S. federal holiday marking the emancipation of the last remaining enslaved African-Americans in 1865. One year ago, the BFFP US Coordination Team commemorated this day by launching Community Action Micro-Funds for Black Communities on the Frontlines of the Plastic Pollution Crisis.

This year, we celebrated some of the inspiring local groups working to protect Black communities in the United States from the harmful impacts of plastic.

Spread the word!

Demanding Solutions on World Refill Day

World Refill Day is a global public awareness campaign to prevent plastic pollution and help people live with less waste.

On June 16th, Break Free From Plastic joined City to Sea and thousands of leading activists around the world in calling on businesses, brands and governments to “choose to reuse” and help make single-use plastic a thing of the past.

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Subject: BFFP Newsletter: Unveiling Corporate False Solutions, 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners, Media Coverage of Plastic in Southeast Asia …and more!