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Can we reduce plastic packaging and reduce food waste?

Posted by Tisha Brown - 30th April 2018
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Plastic packaging has been in the news a lot lately. After Blue Planet II, many people have been concerned about the amount of single use plastic that is produced and subsequently thrown away. Currently a truckload of plastic enters our oceans each and every minute where it becomes… Read More

Have supermarkets just banned single-use plastic?!

Posted by Louise Edge - 30th April 2018
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No, afraid not, though you might have thought so from some of the excited media headlines earlier this week! What has been actually been announced is the launch of the UK Plastics Pact – a new initiative led by UK waste group WRAP. Read More

The Antarctic’s Top Penguin?

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 25th April 2018
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Not every penguin is up to the challenge of living in the Antarctic, but those that do are a special sort of awesome. Remember, they don’t have the luxury of being able to fly away again if the weather turns bad. In honour of World Penguin… Read More

This Earth Day We Asked Supermarkets to Reduce Their Plastic Footprint

Posted by Tisha Brown - 24th April 2018
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As part of our campaign for supermarkets to get rid of throwaway plastic packaging, we celebrated this year’s ‘End Plastic Pollution’ themed Earth Day by taking action in stores around the country. With a truckload of plastic entering our oceans every minute, up to 12.7 million tonnes of… Read More

In Pictures: Ending Plastic Pollution on Earth Day!

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 22nd April 2018
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Underwater image of a turtle with plastic on his head.
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It’s Earth Day today and this year’s theme focuses on ending plastic pollution. It’s hard to escape plastic – from plastic bags and tiny microbeads in our toothpaste, to disposable plastic bottles and computer keyboards. When plastic rubbish makes its way from the landfill sites into… Read More

There’s been a big new discovery at the Amazon Reef

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 20th April 2018
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The ship Esperanza is in Brazil for a scientific expedition to the Amazon Reef

There’s been a big new discovery from the Amazon Reef. Scientists on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza have been exploring one of the ‘blocks’ where Total and BP want to drill for oil. The oil companies had told the Brazilian government that this block was likely to be miles away from the… Read More