For Global Recycling Day 2025, Break Free from Plastic (BFFP) and The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) Africa have highlighted false recycling schemes, waste picker rights, and thermal incineration in a webinar titled: “Unpicking Plastic Recycling: The Facts, Fiction, and Future.”In the webinar, attended by Packaging Insights, GAIA Africa promotes a global shift toward environmental justice by sponsoring grassroots movements globally. The organization has a trans-local model work structure that respects decentralized leadership, fosters solidarity, and identifies common environmental problems to eliminate pollution.