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In pictures: The plastic pollution pandemic

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 23rd October 2018

Image for In pictures: The plastic pollution pandemic — "End the age of single use plastics" people power event at Heroes Square, Budapest.

A global survey released today shows that none of the major consumer goods giants responsible for most of the single-use plastic in circulation have any plans to reduce the amount of plastic packaging they produce. The Greenpeace survey of eleven world-leading brands including Coke, Nestle and Procter & Gamble, also… Read More

In Pictures: Fighting Plastic Pollution on World Oceans Day!

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 8th June 2018

Image for In Pictures: Fighting Plastic Pollution on World Oceans Day! — Plastic caught up in the bleached corals around the Addu Atoll in the Maldives.

The focus for this year’s World Ocean Day is preventing plastic pollution and encouraging solutions for a healthy ocean. Plastic pollution is one of the greatest threats to the health of our oceans, choking and entangling marine wildlife. These pictures are a sad testament of the problems caused by the tonnes of… Read More

Plastic pollution reaches the Antarctic

Posted by Louisa Casson - 7th June 2018

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It’s not what we wanted to find. When Greenpeace set sail to the Antarctic earlier this year, we were going to look for the incredible wildlife – tottering penguins, majestic whales, soaring seabirds – that call the Antarctic Ocean home. But even in these incredibly… Read More

In Pictures: Ending Plastic Pollution on Earth Day!

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 22nd April 2018

Image for In Pictures: Ending Plastic Pollution on Earth Day! — Underwater image of a turtle with plastic on his head.

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

Why Greenpeace doesn’t support Balloon Releases

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 16th February 2018

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What goes up, as they say, must come down. And that’s why Greenpeace doesn’t, and won’t, support balloon releases. At the risk of sounding like the fun police, let me explain why: About 16 years ago I remember a campaign ‘brainstorming’ session trying to come up… Read More

Greenpeace take on Coca-Cola’s plastic footprint – the campaign so far

Posted by Louisa Casson - 26th September 2017

Image for Greenpeace take on Coca-Cola’s plastic footprint – the campaign so far — Greenpeace UK Oceans campaigner Tisha Brown stands beside a collection of Coca-Cola bottles and caps found on Freedom Island, Philippines, during a cleanup activity. EDIT: © Daniel Müller / Greenpeace

For the last nine months, Greenpeace have been targeting the soft drinks giant to reduce its gigantic plastic footprint. Here are the campaign highlights so far. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in… Read More