{"id":6866,"date":"2019-04-16T06:45:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T06:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/?p=6866"},"modified":"2019-11-06T08:21:59","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T08:21:59","slug":"greenpeace-activists-ship-plastic-monster-back-to-nestles-factory-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/press\/6866\/greenpeace-activists-ship-plastic-monster-back-to-nestles-factory-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace Activists Ship Plastic Monster Back to Nestle\u0301\u2019s Factory in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nairobi, 16 April 2019 – <\/span>Greenpeace Africa activists and volunteers delivered a #PlasticMonster <\/span>partly covered with Nestle\u0301 branded plastic packaging<\/span> right back to its source: the Nestl\u00e9 factory servicing Kenya and other East African countries <\/span>calling on the multinational corporation to end its reliance on single-use plastic. Activists also held protests at Nestle\u0301 offices in the Philippines, Germany and other countries across the globe as part of a global day of action led by Greenpeace and allies from the Break Free From Plastic movement. <\/span><\/p>\n

In response to the global day of action against Nestl\u00e9, Greenpeace Africa\u2019s Plastics Campaigner Amos Wemanya said:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPlastic waste has polluted the oceans and is affecting human health. In Africa, our drainage systems are clogged, our animals and livelihoods are threatened. Corporations\u2019 indiscriminate and unsustainable plastic production is the cause of these problems. <\/span>Last year, Nestle\u0301 produced a shocking 1.7 million tonnes of plastic packaging – nearly 300 garbage trucks worth a day – a 13% increase from the year before. \u00a0<\/span>It is crucial that corporates such as <\/span>Nestle\u0301<\/span> stop the production of single-use plastics and re-think their packaging. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPeople around the world are taking action today to demand Nestle\u0301 to show true leadership and confront the throwaway culture that underpins its current business model. <\/span>Leadership does not mean substituting plastic with another single-use material like paper or bioplastic, which will shift the destructive impacts of the throwaway culture to the world\u2019s forests and agricultural lands. <\/span>For the sake of our planet and human health, we need Nestl\u00e9 to immediately reduce its production of single-use packaging and invest in delivery systems based on refill and reuse.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

From <\/span>Manila<\/span><\/a> to <\/span>Rotterdam<\/span><\/a>, and along the Rhine with a \u201c<\/span>plastic monster<\/span><\/a>\u201d to <\/span>Nestle\u0301\u2019s headquarters in Switzerland<\/span><\/a>. Greenpeace has been raising awareness about the plastic production crisis in towns and villages across the globe. <\/span><\/p>\n

Last year, Greenpeace Africa\u2019s volunteers championed the #BreakFreeFromPlastic movement across Africa, conducting <\/span>brand audits<\/span><\/a> which found Nestl\u00e9 to be one of the top 3 plastic polluters in the world! In Africa, Nestl\u00e9 produces a host of products, ranging from household products to snack items and bottled water. <\/span><\/p>\n

Greenpeace is demanding that fast-moving consumer goods companies (FMCGs) like Nestle\u0301, Unilever, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Danone, Johnson & Johnson and Mars be transparent and active in their immediate reduction in the production of plastic packaging while investing in the alternative delivery system of refill and reuse. To date, <\/span>over 3 million people from around the world have signed a petition calling on brands to take action.<\/span><\/p>\n

Photos<\/b> from the Global Day of Action against Nestle\u0301 are available <\/span>here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Notes:<\/b><\/p>\n

[1] Nestl\u00e9 was one of the top corporate plastic polluters identified in a worldwide cleanup and brand audit effort conducted by the Break Free From Plastic movement last year. Full results <\/span>here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

[2] Eleven Fast-moving consumer goods companies (FMCGs) were found to be the main corporations behind the plastics pollution pandemic in a report released by Greenpeace International last year. Full results <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

[3] Link to the letter delivered to <\/span>Nestl\u00e9<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Media contact<\/b>: <\/span><\/p>\n

Hellen Dena, Communications Officer – Greenpeace Africa, <\/span>hdena@greenpeace.org<\/span><\/a>, +254 717 104 144<\/span>
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