Oceans

What soft drink companies are saying

Posted by Louisa Casson - 7th April 2017
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It’s been three weeks since Greenpeace launched our expose on the gigantic plastic footprint of the soft drinks industry – and their lacklustre action to protect our oceans from the blight of throwaway plastic bottles. Our ‘Bottling It’ report called out the top six global soft drinks companies… Read More

A sustainable fishing industry is a fair fishing industry

Posted by Rosie Rogers - 29th March 2017
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“We will defend our hard-won Common Fisheries Policy reforms. We will continue to devolve management…and rebalance the UK’s inland water quotas to smaller, specific locally-based fishing communities” – 2015 Conservative Party manifesto Greenpeace has a long history of working with small scale and low impact fishers to ensure their voice… Read More

A brand new plastic bottle every time you feel thirsty?

Posted by Aakash Naik - 14th March 2017
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I love fizzy drinks, at the cinema with my snacks, at lunchtime always, at dinner, but never with breakfast, honest…. A love for fizzy drinks should never mean our oceans and the creatures who call it home, have to suffer, but every time we use brand new plastic bottles… Read More

Cut it out!

Posted by Louise Edge - 13th March 2017
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It can sometimes feel like throwaway plastic is everywhere and cutting it out can seem daunting. Ultimately we need action from companies and governments to stem this tide of plastic waste, but here’s are a few tips on what you can personally do to cut plastic waste during your weekly… Read More

The Final Straw?

Posted by Ariana Densham - 10th March 2017
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Millions of straws are used every day around the world. Many of these are used for just a few minutes, then are simply thrown away. In fact plastic straws are one of the top 10 items found in beach clean ups.  I’ve seen this for myself. When I was in… Read More

Don’t bottle it!

Posted by Louisa Casson - 10th March 2017
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Plastic bottles are a common sight in our day-to-day lives. Go into a newsagent, supermarket or train station, and you’ll be inundated with choices of bottled water and soft drinks to buy.  But another all too familiar sight is empty plastic bottles on our streets, in our rivers and on… Read More