{"id":151,"date":"2018-05-01T13:40:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T01:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/new-zealand\/?page_id=151"},"modified":"2025-07-28T21:12:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T09:12:29","slug":"stop-corporates-choking-oceans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/stop-corporates-choking-oceans\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Corporates Choking Oceans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-pattern-p4-page-header is-style-parallax\">\n\n                <div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                    \n                        <h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-background-color has-background\">\n                            Stop corporates choking oceans\n                        <\/h1>\n                    <\/div>\n                \n\n                \n                        <p style=\"font-size:1.25rem\">\n                            Our world is suffocating on plastic. The equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic enters our oceans every minute, every day, all year long.\n\nClean water is vital to every single person and every community on the planet. Whether it be the ocean, the creeks and rivers near our homes, or tap water from our faucets, we have a right to enjoy healthy, clean water.\n                        <\/p>\n                    \n\n                \n                        <div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n                            \n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\">\n                            <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/act.greenpeace.org\/page\/14820\/petition\/1\" target=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\n                                End ocean plastics\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                    \n\n                <\/div>\n                <figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"\n                        src=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/a2192dff-gp0str21v_pressmedia.jpg\"\n                        alt=\"\"\n                        sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 601px) 50vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67 size-full\"\n                    \/>\n                <\/figure>\n                <\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n                <div data-render=\"planet4-blocks\/columns\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;columns&quot;:[{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The problem: &quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;For far too long, corporations like Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nestl\\u00e9, Unilever, Starbucks, Procter &amp; Gamble, and McDonald&#039;s have forced plastic packaging into our lives when we buy their products. For years, we have been told that recycling and better waste management are the answers. But we know that over 90% of plastic has not been recycled.&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The solution:&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;We cannot simply recycle our way out of the plastic pollution crisis. It\\u2019s time for corporations to move away from single-use plastic and to take responsibility for the huge impact they have. &quot;}],&quot;className&quot;:&quot;is-style-no_image&quot;,&quot;columns_block_style&quot;:&quot;no_image&quot;}}\"><\/div><div data-render=\"planet4-blocks\/columns\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;columns_block_style&quot;:&quot;tasks&quot;,&quot;columns_title&quot;:&quot;What you can do&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:[{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Learn&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Find out more about the scale of global plastic pollution.&quot;,&quot;cta_text&quot;:&quot;Learn more&quot;,&quot;cta_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/act.greenpeace.org\\\/page\\\/23013\\\/petition\\\/1&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Sign the petition&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Hold big corporates to account by adding your name to the petition.&quot;,&quot;cta_text&quot;:&quot;Add my name&quot;,&quot;cta_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/act.greenpeace.org\\\/page\\\/14820\\\/petition\\\/1&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Start your own campaign&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Passionate about eradicating plastic in your community? You can be a campaigner too!&quot;,&quot;cta_text&quot;:&quot;Start a campaign&quot;,&quot;cta_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.toko.org.nz\\\/&quot;}],&quot;className&quot;:&quot;is-style-tasks&quot;}}\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n  <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coke: stop choking our oceans<\/h2>\n  \n        \n        \n        <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-1 is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n        <lite-youtube style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/txKtT0h_vMs\/hqdefault.jpg');\" videoid=\"txKtT0h_vMs\" params=\"rel=0\"><\/lite-youtube>\n        <\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n        <div data-render=\"planet4-blocks\/happypoint\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;focus_image&quot;:&quot;0% 0%&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2606,&quot;override_default_content&quot;:true,&quot;local_content_provider&quot;:&quot;iframe_url&quot;,&quot;opacity&quot;:30}}\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time to end ocean plastics. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":67,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_planet4_optimize_post_is_variant":false,"_planet4_optimize_experiment_name":"","_planet4_optimize_variant_name":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_hide_page_title_checkbox":"on","p4_title":"","p4_subtitle":"","p4_description":"","background_image_id":"","background_image":"","p4_button_title":"","p4_button_link":"","p4_button_link_checkbox":"","p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"","p4_local_project":"","p4_basket_name":"","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[25,27],"class_list":["post-151","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greenpeace","tag-oceans","tag-plastics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - 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