{"id":58017,"date":"2022-12-13T08:33:11","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T19:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=58017"},"modified":"2024-07-12T11:42:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T23:42:37","slug":"tonnes-of-airborne-microplastics-another-reason-to-support-a-global-plastics-treaty-greenpeace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/tonnes-of-airborne-microplastics-another-reason-to-support-a-global-plastics-treaty-greenpeace\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonnes of airborne microplastics another reason to support a global plastics treaty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greenpeace Aotearoa is reaffirming its call on the government to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/greenpeace-aotearoa-renews-call-for-a-strong-global-plastics-treaty\/\">support a strong global plastics treaty<\/a> after research reveals 74 metric tonnes of microplastics is dispersed onto Auckland every year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The research was conducted by <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.est.2c05850#\">scientists from the University of Auckland<\/a> and found the equivalent of three million plastic bottles is falling from the sky onto Auckland.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace Aotearoa campaigner Juressa Lee says this further confirms that we are in a plastics pollution crisis and that plastics and microplastics have invaded every part of the human experience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThis new revelation paints a horrifying picture: the equivalent of three million plastic Coca-cola bottles falling from the sky onto Auckland city. We\u2019re breathing and drinking plastic, and this discovery raises even more concerns about&nbsp; particles accumulating in the human body.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Lee says the government needs to continue to advocate for a strong and ambitious global plastics treaty that puts the world on a path to eliminate plastic pollution. Domestically, action to eliminate unnecessary single-use plastic also needs the government\u2019s urgent and courageous efforts.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThat plastic and microplastics have been discovered in the deepest parts of our ocean, in our bodies, kai moana, breast milk, and now falling from the skies is clear proof that we need a global plastics treaty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Scientists suggest waves breaking in the Hauraki Gulf may have played a key role by transmitting water-borne microplastics into the air.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cOur oceans are interconnected, and our South Pacific island nations are dealing with massive amounts of plastic waste they did not produce or discard. That is why we need a strong and ambitious global plastics treaty that is informed by the most affected people, emphasises the lived experiences of indigenous, frontline and fenceline communities and puts the world on a path to end plastic pollution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Lee was part of the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/indigenous-participation-crucial-in-global-plastics-treaty-negotiations-greenpeace\/\">Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee<\/a> (INC) in Uruguay last week, where a global plastics treaty was discussed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The negotiations follow a mandate for a strong and ambitious global plastics treaty agreed upon earlier this year in March at the United Nations Environment Assembly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Since then, Greenpeace Aotearoa has called on the government to support a strong and ambitious global plastics treaty, and its <a href=\"https:\/\/petition.act.greenpeace.org.nz\/plastic-global-treaty\">petition<\/a> has been signed by over 31,000 people.<br>\u201cThe evidence is clear: plastics are a threat to our environment, our health and global human rights. 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The whakapapa of my wh\u0101nau is a journey through Te Moana Nui a Kiwa. From the Whangape Harbour to Rawhiti via Ngawha, down to Tauranga Moana, over to Tupapa and Ngatangiia in Rarotonga, and north again to Tahiti. My tamariki, through their p\u0101p\u0101, also whakapapa to Toi village in Niue. I was raised by a frugal mother who was always mindful of her impact on the planet, and navigated it accordingly. My dad has always enjoyed nature and instilled in us that there were responsibilities we had to be able to keep enjoying it. This was my very first influence. When I became an adult and then a mother myself, decolonising my life became a priority to raise my tamariki with an unapologetic, Indigenous worldview. Along the way and without realising, my whakaaro around kaitiakitanga began to shift, or rather, return. I felt more responsible, but also more empowered. I connect the dots between 160+ years of colonisation, extractivism, social and environmental harms and injustices and a worldview that sees the environment as separate to people. That people are somehow entitled to take, own, throw away, destroy and degrade. We are witnessing the impacts from living in a system rooted in colonialism and racism and extractive industries are devastating the planet and furthering the climate crisis. Now, wannabe miners are eyeing up the seabed in the South Taranaki Bight, and also seeking to plunder the deep seas. This problem is colossal, but so is our fight to protect te taiao. There are solutions to these issues. 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