BFFP Newsletter: Urging the IMO to Regulate Plastics, US Announces Support for a Global Plastics Treaty, Join the BFFP Asia Pacific Team ... and more!

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Subject: BFFP Newsletter: Urging the IMO to Regulate Plastics, US Announces Support for a Global Plastics Treaty, Join the BFFP Asia Pacific Team ... and more!

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Tell the International Maritime Organization to Regulate Plastics

In May 2021, more than 1,680 tonnes of plastic pellets (called "nurdles") and 9,700 tonnes of other plastic plunged into Sri Lankan waters as a result of the X-Press Pearl cargo ship sinking. This has left a profound legacy of toxic pollution that will affect the country for decades.

Sign and share the Environmental Investigation Agency’s petition to show support for much needed regulation of pellet and plastic pollution.

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Photo Credit: Tim Aubry and Greenpeace.

The United States Supports a Global Plastics Treaty

For the first time in history, the United States announced its support for an emerging UN treaty to tackle plastic pollution across the whole plastics value chain, from extraction to disposal!

Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed that the United States, which is the world’s largest producer of plastic waste per capita, will join talks at the UN Environmental Assembly (UNEA) in February 2022: "It's crucial that the agreement call on countries to develop and enforce strong national action plans to address this problem at its source."

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BFFP Communication Manager for Asia Pacific

Wanted: BFFP Asia Pacific Communication Manager

We are looking for our next BFFP Communications Manager for the Asia Pacific Region, who will be responsible for helping drive our work forward in shifting the narrative on plastics.

This senior role is open to an experienced communications professional who can lead / facilitate communications work in the region, and who will be responsible for co-creating and implementing key communications strategies to help fight plastic pollution.

Learn more

Webinar: Reporting on Plastic Through a Climate Lens

Webinar: Reporting on Both Plastic and Climate

The COP26 summit has come to a close. How did world leaders tackle the plastic crisis during this climate change summit? How shall journalists from Asia report on plastic pollution through a climate lens?

BFFP Asia Pacific and Climate Tracker invite you to join the conversation with Climate Tracker COP26 journalist fellows on November 30th at 3:00 PM (GMT+8).

One Year of #WeChooseReuse

With nearly 100,000 individuals, over 230 businesses, 150 NGOs and 32 municipalities from across Europe signing on to the #WeChooseReuse commitments, we have come a long way over the past year.

Check out the achievements of BFFP Europe’s campaign for a reuse society … then, if you haven’t already done so, please sign the commitment!

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Photo Credit: Greg Dubois

People Over Plastic: Single-Use Plastic Bans in Malawi and the United States

The People Over Plastic podcast will release its fourth episode tomorrow (Thursday), featuring two #breakfreefromplastic changemakers who have fought for years to ban single-use plastic in their communities while promoting social and environmental justice.

Hear from Gloria Majiga-Komoto, 2021 Goldman Prize Recipient for Africa, about her successful battle to uphold a national ban on thin plastics in Malawi. And Tricia Cortez, Executive Director of the Rio Grande International Study Center, shares the story of her decade-long fight against plastic bags in Laredo, Texas, on the southern border of the United States.

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