2016年，纪录片《塑料王国》引起强烈的社会反响，也引发了全社会对于塑料行业，特别是塑料进口行业的关注和反思。发达国家非法向我国转移低值废塑料的问题一直存在，进口废塑料倒卖非法加工亦屡禁不止，带来的环境问题不容小觑。日益严重的全球塑料危机催生了“摆脱塑料污染全球行动网络”，民间力量开始行动起来，并撬动政府、企业、公民等各方力量参与其中。
The documentary Plastic China caused a sensation across Chinese society in 2016，attracting wide public attention to and thinking about the plastic industry，especially the import of plastic. Illegal export of low-value，used plastic from developed countries into China is a perennial problem；illegal reselling and processing of imported，used plastic remain despite frequent government action against them，causing environmental problems that deserve great attention. The growing global crisis of plastic has triggered the emerging of the Break Free from Plastic as a global movement against plastic pollution. Forces in civic society have started action，which in turn has led to participation by the government in addition to companies and citizens.
