All articles by Aden Miles Morunga
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Greenpeace Aotearoa welcomes Coca-Cola decision to make 25% of its packaging reusable by 2030
Coca-Cola announced today a decision to make at least 25% of its packaging reusable. The multinational company, which produces over 120 billion plastic bottles a year, has faced criticism from…
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#PlasticsTreaty: Stop exploiting African and other global majority countries with ‘waste colonialism’
When Namibia declared its independence in 1990, it officially marked the end of colonialism on the African continent. But, while most African nations have been free of European rule for…
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The NZ Government has 100,000 reasons to ban single-use plastic bottles
Last week, the Ban the Bottle petition surpassed 100,000 signatures. This a huge milestone for the Plastics campaign and for the movement to ban single-use plastic bottles and mandate refill…
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NZ Rugby takes another big hit over INEOS oil sponsorship deal
The tarnishing of New Zealand Rugby has been called out again after an open letter by prominent New Zealanders opposing the deal with INEOS was delivered to the organisation.
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Young Pasifika community leaders join call to ban seabed mining to protect moana
They are young, Pasifika and their message is clear: Ban seabed mining and protect the moana of the Pacific.
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Experts come together to discuss a plastic free future
Kaitiakitanga, systemic change, people power and an overarching message of hope were the pillars of a Greenpeace Aotearoa webinar recently. Last week we hosted a webinar called Imagining a Plastic…
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Government’s Waste Strategy must focus on eliminating waste at the source
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling on the Govt to “cut the crap”, and focus its Waste Strategy on eliminating the source of the plastic waste problem.
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Supreme Court slams door on seabed mining, time for a ban
Today the Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed Trans Tasman Resources’ (TTR) appeal of a 2018 High Court ruling which quashed the EPA’s decision in 2017 to give the Australian-led miners…
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NZ abstains on global seabed mining moratorium vote at IUCN
The New Zealand Government’s decision to abstain from voting in support of a deep sea mining moratorium at the IUCN World Conservation Congress has been met with sharp criticism from…
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How major brands are inviting Big Oil into your kitchen
A report released by Greenpeace USA today reveals how consumer goods companies like Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé are driving the expansion of plastic production and threatening the global climate and…