#Plastic
We’ve all seen the devastating images of pristine beaches covered with plastic waste, of turtles and other marine life killed by ingesting bags, bottle caps, and other plastic debris. Single-use plastic have invaded our lives and are trashing our blue planet. Up to 12 million tonnes of plastic waste end up in the oceans each year. Only 9% of all plastic produced since the 1950s has been recycled, the rest is burned, goes to landfill or ends up in the environment. The good news is that together we can create a plastic-free future. Alongside with our allies from the Break Free From Plastic movement, we are campaigning globally to stop plastic pollution at its source – getting big corporations to cut their addiction to throwaway plastics, and telling governments to hold plastic polluters accountable. Let’s send a strong message to the industry and our governments about the need to stop our reliance on single-use plastics.

Things you can do
We want you to take action because together we’re strong.
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Tell Canada to expand the ban on single-use plastics
Canada’s single-use plastic ban only covers 3% of plastic waste. We need a ban list that matches the scale of the waste and pollution crisis!
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Help create plastic-free supermarkets
So much of the plastic packaging and waste we generate we get from our weekly visits to supermarkets. Canada’s major supermarkets aren’t taking any real action to address their massive plastic footprints.
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INC-5.2: World leaders fail again to secure a Global Plastics Treaty, but the fight for a strong treaty goes on
The sixth round of negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty (INC-5.2) concluded without an agreement to end plastic pollution.
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INC-5.2: Inspiring action through art ahead of Global Plastics Treaty talks
Ahead of the Global Plastics Treaty talks in Geneva, Greenpeace is turning Toronto-Danforth into an open air art exhibition around the plastics crisis.
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This Plastic Free July, let’s end the age of plastic for good!
Picnic season has started, and so has Plastic Free July! All around the world, people are taking on the month-long challenge to avoid as much single-use plastics as possible. With…