{"id":51243,"date":"2022-05-13T10:28:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T10:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/?page_id=51243"},"modified":"2026-06-29T13:26:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:26:37","slug":"the-why","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/the-why\/","title":{"rendered":"The Why"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n                    \n\n                    \n                    <\/div>\n                    \n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized  caption-style-blue-overlay caption-alignment-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"df3412b8-poster2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2022\/05\/df3412b8-poster2-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51267\" width=\"543\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2022\/05\/df3412b8-poster2-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2022\/05\/df3412b8-poster2-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2022\/05\/df3412b8-poster2-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2022\/05\/df3412b8-poster2-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2022\/05\/df3412b8-poster2-1448x2048.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2022\/05\/df3412b8-poster2-966x1366.jpg 966w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2022\/05\/df3412b8-poster2-240x340.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2022\/05\/df3412b8-poster2-scaled.jpg 1810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ABOUT THE FILM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Striking footage shot over three continents illustrates the ongoing catastrophe: fields full of garbage, veritable mountains of trash; rivers and seas clogged with waste; and skies choked with the poisonous runoff from plastic production and recycling processes with no end in sight. 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