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Coke – face your plastic footprint
Greenpeace NZ is challenging Coca Cola to face up to its embarrassing contribution to ocean pollution for plastic free July.
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Dead albatross may save us
Greenpeace has released a heart wrenching video detailing the last days of a Toroa (Southern Royal Albatross) - which died after eating an entire plastic drink bottle.
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Waste trade woes: Plastic waste from developed countries add to Malaysia’s environmental crisis
In their latest report, The Recycling Myth 2.0, Greenpeace Malaysia found hazardous substances and chemicals that are potentially harmful to human health and the environment through a series of investigations involving water…
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Recycling isn’t cutting it – what should we do?
Who would have thought we’d get to know some new folks during lockdown? Folks we’d usually spend mere minutes of time with before moving them onto their next job (of…
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Reusable Beverage Packaging and Refillable Beverage Delivery Systems in New Zealand: Discussion Document
Executive Summary The New Zealand Government is considering ways to reduce the waste associated with beverages, including designing a container return scheme for beverage containers and contemplating mandatory product stewardship…
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Is disposable safer than reusable? Let’s consult the science…
Since the beginning of the pandemic, many shops and fast-food chains have rightly taken steps to limit contamination in their restaurants and stores. In an emergency, they chose to ban…
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Plastic is not our friend
Could anyone have imagined this? We have to google “where to find gloves and masks?” before going grocery shopping. And there I am. At the local supermarket. People doing the…
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Fossil fuel industry sees the future in hard-to-recycle plastic
Plastic pollution and the climate crisis are two inseparable parts of the same problem, though they aren’t treated as such.
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Plastic is now part of our planet’s fabric – a scientist and archaeologist discuss what happens next
Plastics have spread around the world through oceans, rivers and the air to every part of the planet.
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Ghost fishing gear is suffocating ocean life
What is ghost fishing gear? And why is it such a big problem for our oceans?
