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An international treaty to curb plastic pollution risks being watered down — New Zealand needs to take a stand
Following years of discussions, support for a global treaty to stem the tide of plastic pollution is now widespread, with 75% of UN member states backing the idea.
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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 world is ditching plastics with reuse and refill laws and practices
Thanks to pressure from millions of people around the world, governments are finally beginning to acknowledge that the only way to tackle the plastic pollution crisis is through shifting towards reusable systems
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Giant toroa full of plastic lands at Mission Bay in Auckland
Greenpeace Aotearoa has renewed its call to ban single-use plastic bottles today by revealing a sculpture of a toroa (albatross) with a ten-metre wingspan, at Mission Bay in Auckland.
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The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo named top plastic polluters for the fourth year in a row
The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo are ranked as the world’s top plastic polluters for the 4th consecutive year according to Break Free From Plastic, whose latest global Brand Audit report…
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Burning rubbish creates toxic waste and fuels climate change
Burning rubbish to make electricity sounds too good to be true because there’s a big catch.
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Oil companies are ploughing money into fossil-fuelled plastics production at a record rate – new research
Visiting a modern petrochemical plant makes you feel incredibly small. Enormous compressors roar incessantly, distillation columns tower high above your head, large pipelines full of oil and gas criss-cross the…
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NZ’s government plans to switch to a circular economy to cut waste and emissions, but it’s going around in the wrong circles
The New Zealand government is currently developing plans to address two crises — climate change and waste — and to embrace a circular economy. But it has no clear path for how to do this. The resulting muddle is watering down the potential of a circular economy to bring lasting change.
