Oceans

Nestlé: slay the plastic monster you created

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 28th March 2019
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A discarded pack of Nescafe from Nestle is seen on a pile of trash at a dumpsite in Dumaguete City, Philippines.

When the Rainbow Warrior recently explored the waters around the Verde Island in the Philippines, one of the world’s most pristine marine environments, we found even its smallest inhabitants impacted by plastic. For anyone who is familiar with Southeast Asia, plastic pollution seems to be everywhere,… Read More

In pictures: plastic in our rivers

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 15th March 2019
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All rights reserved. Credit: © Jack Perks / Greenpeace

We are all aware of plastics in our oceans, the Great Pacific Garbage between Hawaii and California is well known, but plastic pollution is invading our rivers too. That’s why we are carrying out the most thorough survey of plastic in UK rivers to date — testing river water in… Read More

Michael Gove, Don’t Lose Your Bottle

Posted by John Sauven - 7th March 2019
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In the UK every year we go through around 14 billion plastic bottles, of all shapes and sizes. Most of us do our best to reuse, for example by refilling water bottles again and again; and to recycle, either at home or by getting rid of our bottles… Read More

“We don’t need this plastic” – what supermarket customers are telling us

Posted by Elena Polisano - 21st February 2019
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Local Greenpeace volunteers in Reading, Berkshire, return pieces of single use packaging from Tesco to the store manager. Single-use plastic packaging is a major contributor to the plastic pollution that is having a devastating impact on our rivers and oceans. This plastic was collected from supermarket customers, who also wrote personal messages to the supermarkets telling them to ditch single use plastic.

This blog is by Ken Carroll, a Greenpeace volunteer in Southampton: It may not be everyone’s idea of a good time. But the Sunday morning we spent outside a Sainsbury’s in Southampton sure felt good. I was there to join members of Greenpeace in raising awareness… Read More

Why commercial whaling should just be found in history books

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 25th January 2019
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The Humpback whale at sea, in its natural environment.

Whales are amazing. Yet today they face a growing number of threats from us humans, from plastic pollution to climate change – so the one thing we really don’t need to be doing is killing them for profit. Commercial whaling was stopped by… Read More

10 Green New Year’s Resolutions for the Government

Posted by Rebecca Newsom - 7th January 2019
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We still don’t know exactly what the government and leading political parties have in store for the environment this year, but so far, they have all been falling short of where we need to be. That’s why we took the liberty of writing up ten New Year’s resolutions we need… Read More