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What it takes to participate in Global Plastics Treaty negotiations
I attended the UN Global Plastics Treaty meeting in November last year as part of the Greenpeace delegation. I was able to observe, for example, the interventions that governments made, including our own government and those of our neighbouring countries.
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Why waste-to-energy incineration is a bad idea and not the answer to NZ’s plastic waste crisis
New Zealand is ranked the third-most-wasteful country in the OECD. New Zealanders produce five times the global daily average of waste per person – and they are getting more wasteful,…
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Plastic made me anxious during my pregnancy and here’s what I did about it
I never thought the issue of plastic pollution and my pregnancy would be spoken in the same sentence, and yet they are.
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Coca-Cola greenwashes sustainability claims
In 2021, Coca-Cola had approximately 4 billion refillable plastic bottles and 25 billion refillable glass bottles in circulation. These numbers have remained virtually unchanged despite its pledge to increase refill…
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Coca-cola’s latest greenwashing an attempt at disguising its biggest polluter status
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling out the “blatant greenwashing” by Coca-Cola after the world’s biggest plastic polluter announced it will replace its green bottles with clear plastic.
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Kaipara council’s waste to energy investigation is not the solution
Greenpeace Aotearoa is warning that Kaipara District Council’s decision to investigate waste to energy options could lock them into a disastrous deal that will be costly to ratepayers and have…
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Greenpeace demands for a strong Global Plastics Treaty
The Global Plastics Treaty is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to solve the plastics crisis. For the sake of our collective future, we cannot waste this moment.
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Why we need a strong Global Plastics Treaty
Our world is being destroyed by throwaway plastic. Plastic pollution has flooded our planet, harming people’s health, accelerating social injustice, destroying biodiversity and fueling the climate crisis.
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A gentle reminder to ‘invest in our planet’
Every April, the world celebrates Earth Day with great enthusiasm. It has become such a huge event that even companies have latched on to promote and flex their sustainability efforts.…
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Industry lobbying influence a major brake on Government action
In the wake of revelations that Chris Hipkins' chief of staff, Andrew Kirton, lobbied against the Container Return Scheme on behalf of the liquor industry shortly before the scheme was scrapped by the Prime Minister, Greenpeace is calling for the scheme to be reintroduced immediately, and also warning that the problem goes much deeper.
