Eliminate toxic chemicals

The production, trade, use, and release of many synthetic chemicals is now widely recognised as a global threat to human health and the environment.

Yet, the world's chemical industries continue to produce and release thousands of chemical compounds every year, in most cases with none or very little testing and understanding of their impacts on people and the environment.

Hi-Tech - Highly toxic

The world is consuming more and more electronic products every year. This has caused a dangerous explosion in electronic scrap (e-waste) containing toxic chemicals and heavy metals that cannot be disposed of or recycled safely. But this problem can be avoided. We are pressing leading electronic companies for change to turn back the toxic tide of e-waste.

Solving the chemicals crisis

Substituting hazardous chemicals with safer materials is the answer to governments and industry that have failed to control the spread of dangerous chemicals around the globe. Greenpeace analyses of the man-made hazardous chemicals in consumer products, house dust, rainwater and blood add to the growing documentation that man-made chemicals are out of control, threatening our health and environment.
 

Toxic trade

Stricter environmental regulations in developed countries have led to many polluting industries transferring their toxic technologies to the developing world. We are fighting to ensure an end of toxic trade to regions of the world least equipped to deal with inevitable pollution and accidents, such as the Bhopal disaster in India, and shipbreaking in Asia.