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False Solutions to the Plastics Crisis: The Truth About Plastic Recycling
The concept of plastic recycling has been heavily promoted by the plastics industry, particularly by major oil companies, as a solution to the plastic crisis. By perpetuating the myth that recycling can solve the plastics problem, these companies divert attention from the more significant issue: the continued production of virgin plastics.
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The trash vortex
You could save a turtle’s life by using less plastic and making sure your garbage is properly managed. In the North Pacific is an area the size of Turkey of floating plastic rubbish. It is rubbish from the land that is polluting our oceans, choking and trapping millions of fish and animals. We can keep…
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Report: Unilever’s complicity in the plastics crisis
In this report, Greenpeace International investigates the reality behind these soundbites. We expose the blight of Unilever’s single-use sachets on low-income communities and the glaring gap that exists between what the company says it will do, and what it actually does.
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We demand that governments commit to a strong Global Plastics Treaty
We demand that governments commit to a strong Global Plastics Treaty that will stop runaway plastic production and use and ultimately end the age of plastic.
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Why is it important to recycle plastic?
Why is it important to recycle plastic? Get your head around this: nearly every piece of plastic ever made still exists today. And it’s probably all in there. Ugh. It’s pretty easy to hate on plastics. According to Clean Up Australia, these resource-hungry polymers: Require fossil fuels in their production, and emit gases like methane…
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How can I reduce single-use plastic?
There is a lot we can do on our own, but we need to work together if we want to make substantial change.
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Here’s how you can hold plastic polluters accountable beyond Plastic Free July
Reducing plastic waste in our everyday lives is important, but it’s time to stop single use plastic production at its source.
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What to use instead of a plastic bin liner?
In light of the ban, many of you have asked us what to use instead to line your rubbish bins. The answer is certainly not a plastic bin liner!
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Fijian PM hits back at Morrison’s UN speech, saying there is ‘no alternative’ to a coal phaseout
NEW YORK, Sept 26, 2019 – The only credible way to address the climate crisis is to end the use of coal, Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama tweeted moments after Scott Morrison defended Australia’s climate inaction at the UN General Assembly. “Unless we stop burning coal, we have no hope of achieving net-zero emissions in 31…
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Ocean sanctuaries are the key to protecting our blue planet. Here’s the proof.
These success stories show how putting parts of the ocean off-limits to industry can make a huge difference ||||A group of Adeli Penguins are seen here in Antarctic sea ice. Our oceans are massive, and unlike most places on land, they don’t really have borders. Animals, water (and sadly now plastic) all move freely across…