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5 ways to detox your home from plastics
Plastic is everywhere but don't panic! Here are five actionable ways to reclaim your home from the plastic tide.
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How does plastic get into the ocean?
We've all seen plastic waste on the beach. But how does plastic get in the ocean in the first place? And why is plastic so deadly to sealife?
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Plastic pollution: The crisis choking the oceans and marine life
Plastic waste invades every corner of our planet, and threatens sea life. But there's still hope for a future free from plastic pollution.
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Fast fashion problems and 4 reasons it will never be green
Fast fashion brands flood the market with cheap, trendy clothing at an unsustainable rate, creating environmental and social harm. 🥵
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How traditional practices and modern solutions can end Waste Colonialism?
Waste colonialism is a stark reminder of global inequality, where self proclaimed developed nations export their waste to the Global South.
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Climate and public health the winners as big waste incineration proposal fails
Greenpeace welcomes news that a land-use agreement in Glenavy has lapsed and will not be renewed, which means a proposed $350 million waste to energy incinerator cannot be built there…
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New year, same fight. 5 things that happened at the Busan Global Plastics Treaty negotiations
The fifth round of negotiations for a new Global Plastics Treaty to end plastic pollution (Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee or INC-5) finished in Busan, South Korea on 1st December 2024. This…
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Greenpeace Aotearoa Submission on GCSL’s resource consent applications to build and operate a waste-to-energy incinerator in Te Awamutu
This is a submission by Greenpeace Aotearoa on the publicly notified application by Global Contracting Solutions Limited (GCL) to establish and operate a waste-to-energy incineration power station in Te Awamutu.
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Global Plastics Treaty negotiations fail to deliver and the fight continues
The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC5) for a Global Plastics Treaty ended today with an agreement to meet again for what will be the final negotiation meeting…
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Greenpeace demands release of plastics treaty activists, as global talks enter final stages
Busan, South Korea – British, German, Taiwanese and Mexican activists (1) are being detained by the South Korean police, following a 12 hour peaceful protest against a petrochemical shipment yesterday…