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Beyond the beach clean-up
Greenpeace and local NGO Society of Wilderness have been working together to survey the ENTIRE 1,210 km-coastline of Taiwan and estimate how much rubbish is actually on our beaches. It took us just two weeks! Want to know how we did it? Read on…
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Running towards a plastic-free future
Everyone is talking about plastic these days and how we need to get – at least the disposable stuff at first -- out of our lives. Viral images of strangled seabirds, giant islands of swirling trash in the Pacific Ocean, and delicate seahorses wrapped around plastic “earbuds” have made the world finally understand we are…
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Taipei City Marathon pledges “green” for its first ever sustainable event
Taipei, Taiwan, 11 May 2018 - In a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Taipei City Government and Greenpeace East Asia, this year’s Taipei City Marathon has committed to reducing single-use plastic, the first large-scale environmental effort of its kind by the capital.
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This will change the way you think about plastic
Have you seen the Story of a Spoon video? In today’s modern world, convenience is king. We design and create plastic tools that are easy to buy and even easier…
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Greenpeace finds microplastics in all 5 leading cosmetic retailers : inadequate labelling found in almost 50% of products
Hong Kong, October 12 2016 - A crowdsourcing investigation by Greenpeace East Asia in Hong Kong, has found five leading cosmetics retailers selling products with microplastics, which has increasingly been proven to be damaging to the environment as well as failing to provide clear ingredient labelling on their products. Almost 1,500 products were surveyed in…
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How can we avoid microbeads in Hong Kong?
Back in July, Greenpeace East Asia exposed how the microplastics found in some of our favourite makeup and personal care products are polluting our oceans. Every day in Hong Kong, 4.8 billion microplastics find their way into the sea, polluting marine environments and even having an impact on the seafood we eat.
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Microbeads: How did companies respond?
Back in July, Greenpeace East Asia ranked 30 global companies to see how they measured in terms of their commitment to phasing out microbeads – the tiny terrors that are often found in shower gels and facial scrubs, and are known to wreak havoc on our ecosystems and marine life.
