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INC-4: 8 in 10 people in South Africa support Global Plastics Treaty to cut plastic production
Johannesburg, 04 April 2024 – Ahead of the fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC4) meeting for a Global Plastics Treaty to be held in Ottawa, Canada from April 23 to 29,…
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UNEA-6: Fossil Fuels Drive Both The Plastics And Climate Crises & Need An International Framework To Phase Them Out
Nairobi, 26 Feb 2024 – On the opening day of the 6th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) meeting, environmental experts and advocates united to demand decisive action against the ongoing climate and plastics crises fueled by fossil fuels.
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30 Plastic Facts
We’ve compiled 30 alarming facts about plastic that will make you rethink the use of this dangerous material.
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10 Ways To Reduce Plastic Pollution
The flow of plastics into our environment has reached crisis proportions, and the evidence is most clearly on display. It needs to stop. These are 10 ways that we can reduce plastic pollution.
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AMCEN 2023: Africa’s Ministers of Environment Must Push for a Strong Africa Position on the Global Plastic Treaty
At the 19th session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), Greenpeace Africa has called on Africa’s 54 Ministers of Environment to urge Member States not to compromise in the negotiations for a treaty that would cap plastic production at the source
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Africa leads on another step to end plastic pollution
Nairobi, 23 August 2022 – The Governments of Rwanda and Norway have jointly launched a High Ambition Coalition to end plastic pollution. The coalition was first initiated following the historic…
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Reducing plastic waste in our everyday lives is important, but it’s time to hold the real polluters accountable.
Reducing plastic waste in our everyday lives is important, but it’s time to hold the real polluters accountable. Plastic Free July is back! Each year I look forward to taking on the month-long challenge to avoid as much single-use plastic as possible. Wouldn’t it be nice if Coca-Cola and Pepsi also joined this challenge (wink…
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#PlasticTreaty: Stop exploiting African and other global majority countries with ‘waste colonialism’
Richer countries are scrambling to find nations in the global majority to ship their waste off to. Angelo Louw unpacks waste colonialism and the need for a strong global plastic treaty
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In Cameroon, plastic pollution is making floods even deadlier
There are recurring floods in my city, Douala. Every year during the rainy season, we experience flooding of houses and shops, as well as pavements. All this affects the quality of water and our food, and has ruined many people’s lives as they lose their homes, livelihoods and even family members.
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Plastic pollution represents a real danger for our oceans: The numbers speak for themselves
According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), alongside climate change and biodiversity loss, pollution is part of the triple planetary crisis the world now faces.