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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…
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Greenpeace challenges petrochemical tanker as Busan plastics treaty talks enter final stage
Daesan, South Korea – As the final negotiations for a UN Global Plastics Treaty enter a critical phase in Busan, South Korea[1] Greenpeace International activists have boarded a tanker that…
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At Global Plastics Treaty talks, Greenpeace warns leaders that the world watching with giant eye
A flag with a giant eye composed of thousands of portraits from around the world has been unfurled from a 10-storey crane as government representatives in Busan for global plastics treaty talks.
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Giant petition demanding strong Global Plastics Treaty delivered to global plastics meeting
Busan, South Korea – A petition signed by almost three million people[1] from over 182 countries calling for a historic, legally binding, Global Plastics Treaty to drastically reduce production and…
