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World Environment Day: Greenpeace Africa confronts Coca-Cola, world’s top plastic polluter with giant glass bottle cap installation
Activists demand Coca-Cola cap plastic production as company produces 120 billion throwaway bottles annually
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Ending plastic pollution in Africa: a matter of justice for African women and communities
Millions of people across the world have joined our call for a strong, binding Global Plastics Treaty.
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62 years on: it’s time to repair, reclaim and rise
As the African Union (AU) marked 62 years since the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the occasion was more than a celebration of history -it was a clarion call.
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New documentary exposes recycling fallacy and health impacts of plastic pollution on Kenya’s waste workers
Greenpeace Africa has released ‘ Dumped: A Waste Picker’s Story’, a powerful 18-minute documentary that reveals the harsh reality faced by waste pickers at Nairobi's notorious Dandora dumpsite while challenging the plastic industry's recycling narrative.
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Uganda announces plan to ban single-use plastic bags. Now we need action, then we need the rest of Africa to join them.
Nairobi, 8 May 2025 -The Ugandan government has just announced that they are planning to ban single-use plastic carrier bags. This decision marks a significant step towards addressing plastic pollution in Uganda - protecting the environment and the wellbeing of our communities.
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Plastic design changes: a greenwashing tactic
The amount of plastics produced and flowing into the environment has reached crisis point, with approximately 400 million tonnes of plastics produced every year and this number is set to triple by 2060.
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Beach clean-up in Malibu, Senegal: communities come together for action on plastics – but we need to stop it at the source
Under the banner of Greenpeace Africa, around a hundred volunteers including local youth, passers-by, and community members gathered with gloves and bin bags for a large-scale beach clean-up and brand audit.
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Activists block heliport at Davos to call on governments to tax the super-rich
Thirteen activists from across Europe blocked delegates arriving at Davos Lago heliport today for the opening of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
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The fight continues, no treaty yet: Global Plastics Treaty negotiations fail to deliver agreement
The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC5) for a Global Plastics Treaty ended today with no treaty in sight. Member states have agreed to meet again for what could be the final negotiation meeting to land a deal.
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Greenpeace Africa concerned by lobbyists flooding Plastics Treaty negotiations
Busan, South Korea - In response to an analysis conducted by Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) which revealed that 220 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists, the highest at any negotiation so far analysed by CIEL, have gained access to the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC5) to negotiate for a Global…