{"id":4441,"date":"2018-10-23T19:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T07:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/new-zealand\/?p=4441"},"modified":"2024-07-12T09:02:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T21:02:39","slug":"a-crisis-of-convenience-the-corporations-behind-the-plastics-pollution-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/publication\/a-crisis-of-convenience-the-corporations-behind-the-plastics-pollution-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"A crisis of convenience. The corporations behind the plastics pollution pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4444\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4444\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/10\/56a27d6c-gp0stsfns_medium_res-600x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/10\/56a27d6c-gp0stsfns_medium_res-600x351.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/10\/56a27d6c-gp0stsfns_medium_res-768x449.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/10\/56a27d6c-gp0stsfns_medium_res-1024x599.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/10\/56a27d6c-gp0stsfns_medium_res-510x298.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/10\/56a27d6c-gp0stsfns_medium_res.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">#Break Free from Plastic is written on the beach using collected bottle caps.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/10\/27a7fbf8-crisis_of_convenience_final.pdf\">Read the Full Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/10\/81b5d524-a-crisis-of-convenience-appendices.pdf\">Download the Appendices<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sight of rivers, oceans and communities overwhelmed with plastic waste has become a shocking &#8211; and all too common sight. The logos and images of big consumer brands &#8211; clearly visible in this tsunami of disposable plastic &#8211; show where the responsibility lies. These brands &#8211; with their throwaway packaging &#8211; are promoting and perpetuating our modern throwaway lifestyles that are driving mass production and overconsumption.<\/p>\n<p>Now we are facing the evidence that \u201cconvenience\u201d has an unacceptable cost; the health of our ecosystems and the living beings that depend on them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/10\/27a7fbf8-crisis_of_convenience_final.pdf\">Read the Full Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/10\/81b5d524-a-crisis-of-convenience-appendices.pdf\">Download the Appendices<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sight of rivers, oceans and communities overwhelmed with plastic waste has become a shocking &#8211; and all too common sight. 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