
Benard Ogembo
@benogeh
An Environmental journalist, Plastic Waste Campaigner, tech enthusiast, communicator. All views personal, retweets may not mean endorsement.
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16-08-2012 11:26:49
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At the opening plenary of #INC52, John Beard Jr. of Port Arthur Community Action Network offered an intervention for the #BreakFreeFromPlastic movement, backed in solidarity by Indigenous Peoples and fenceline community representatives. Learn more 👇 breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/08/05/inc…

New investigation DeSmog: Plastic credits pushed at #INC5 risk cutting waste pickers out of the recycling chain. At Dandora dump in Kenya, workers say they're losing income while brands claim "plastic neutrality." 🔗 desmog.com/2025/08/05/new… #PlasticsTreaty James Wakibia Benard Ogembo

Waste pickers in Nairobi say that as the global market for "plastic credits" expands, waste collection companies are cutting them out of the market for high-value recyclable or reusable plastic. By Conor McGlone Benard Ogembo @jameswakibia


"Halfway through these negotiations, we are still circling safe talking points while people and wildlife choke on plastic." Juan Carlos Monterrey Juan Carlos Monterrey Gomez delivers the intervention on behalf of the Panama delegation at today's stocktake plenary. #inc5_2

CSS Offers Draft Plastics Treaty Given the continued difficulty delegates have in drafting a plastics treaty, were humbly offer a draft treaty to facilitate the process. climatesurvivalsolutions.com/news/348947/cs… Luis Vayas Valdivieso UN Environment Programme State Dept For Environment & Climate Change Faustin Munyazikwiye Ministry of Environment - Rwanda Dr. Zoneziwoh M-W GAIA -Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives



"To break free from plastics, you need to learn to break free from brackets." Fiji's Sivendra Michael delivers an urgent reminder to the delegates at #INC5_2 #PlasticsTreaty Stocktake Plenary. The treaty text now has over 1,000 brackets (brackets mean they are not agreed yet by the



