{"id":8459,"date":"2019-04-16T09:07:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T13:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=8459"},"modified":"2019-11-06T03:27:51","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T08:27:51","slug":"greenpeace-activists-ship-plastic-monster-back-to-nestle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/press-release\/8459\/greenpeace-activists-ship-plastic-monster-back-to-nestle\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace activists ship plastic monster back to Nestle\u0301"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Toronto) – Greenpeace activists in Canada, the U.S., Switzerland, and several other countries around the world [1] unveiled <\/span>\u201cplastic monsters\u201d covered with branded plastic packaging at Nestl\u00e9 offices<\/span><\/a> and consumer hubs today, calling on the multinational corporation to end its reliance on single-use plastic. <\/span><\/p>\n

As part of a global day of action led by Greenpeace and allies from the Break Free from Plastic movement, Greenpeace Switzerland activists accompanied <\/span>a 65-foot long and 20-foot high monster<\/span><\/a> to <\/span>Nestl\u00e9<\/span> headquarters in Vevey, while <\/span>Greenpeace US activists joined a 15-foot tall monster in a visit to <\/span>Nestl\u00e9\u2019s<\/span> headquarters in Arlington, VA today<\/span><\/a>. In Canada, Greenpeace activists followed these actions with a visit to a Nestl\u00e9 factory in Toronto this morning with a 9-foot tall monster to draw attention to Nestl\u00e9\u2019s plastic pollution gathered from streets, rivers, and beaches, and to demand that <\/span>Nestl\u00e9<\/span> take responsibility for the 1.7 million metric tonnes of single-use plastic it produces annually.<\/span><\/p>\n

In response to the global day of action against Nestl\u00e9, Greenpeace Canada\u2019s Head of Oceans and Plastics campaign Sarah King said:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNestle\u0301 was Canada\u2019s top plastic polluter in 2018 [2] , and it\u2019s little wonder as the global company produced an alarming 1.7 million tonnes of plastic packaging – over 300 garbage trucks worth a day – last year. Billions of Nestle\u0301 products are used for a few seconds and then thrown away, overflowing waste streams and contaminating our green spaces, communities, ecosystems and food chains, leaving a trash legacy for future generations.[3] <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cToday, people in Toronto, Winnipeg, Ottawa [4] and around the world are demanding that Nestle\u0301 take real action to reduce its egregious plastic footprint, confront the throwaway culture that underpins its current business model, and invest in delivery systems based on refill and reuse. <\/span>Leadership isn\u2019t substituting plastic with another single-use material like paper or bioplastic, or hoping recyclable plastic products will miraculously all get captured, it is <\/span>immediately reducing the production of single-use plastic packaging.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

From <\/span>Manila<\/span><\/a> to <\/span>Rotterdam<\/span><\/a>, and along the Rhine with a \u201c<\/span>plastic monster<\/span><\/a>\u201d to <\/span>Nestle\u0301\u2019s headquarters in Switzerland<\/span><\/a>, Greenpeace has been raising awareness about the plastic production crisis in towns and villages across the globe. Greenpeace is demanding that fast-moving consumer goods companies (FMCGs) like Nestle\u0301, Unilever, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Danone, Johnson & Johnson and Mars be transparent and active in their immediate reduction in the production of plastic packaging while investing in the alternative delivery system of refill and reuse. [5] To date, <\/span>over 3 million people from around the world have signed a petition calling on brands to take action.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photos<\/b> from the Global Day of Action against Nestle\u0301 are available <\/span>here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Notes:<\/b><\/p>\n

[1] Activists also held protests at Nestle\u0301 offices in the Philippines, Germany, Kenya, Slovenia, and its sub-brand San Pellegrino in Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n

[2] N<\/span>estl\u00e9 was found to be the top producer <\/span>of branded plastic pollution in cleanups and brand audits done across Canada in 2018. Full results <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

[3] Nestl\u00e9 was also also one of the top corporate plastic polluters identified in a worldwide cleanup and brand audit effort conducted by the Break Free From Plastic movement last year. Full results <\/span>here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

[4] <\/span>Members of Greenpeace local groups in Winnipeg and Ottawa will also unveil plastic monsters in busy centres today to raise awareness about Nestle’s massive role in the plastic pollution crisis and invite people to call on the company to take action. <\/span><\/p>\n

[5] Eleven Fast-moving consumer goods companies (FMCGs) were found to be the main corporations behind the plastics pollution pandemic in a report released by Greenpeace International last year. Full results <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For more information, please contact<\/b>: <\/span><\/p>\n

Philippa Duchastel de Montrouge, Communications Officer, Greenpeace Canada, <\/span>pduchast@greenpeace.org<\/span><\/a>; + 1 (514) 929-8227<\/span><\/p>\n

Capucine Dayen, Greenpeace USA Global Comms Lead for Plastics: +33 647 971 819, <\/span>capucine.dayen@greenpeace.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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