{"id":596,"date":"2019-10-24T14:51:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T22:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/master.k8s.p4.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/plastic\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T17:49:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T09:49:28","slug":"plastic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/explore\/live-sustainably\/plastic\/","title":{"rendered":"#Plastic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n                    \n                                <p>Plastic pollution is jeopardizing human health and harming marine animals like whales and sea turtles at alarming rates. Single-use plastic pollution is devastating our rivers, oceans, waterways and communities around the world.\r\nIt is urgent that companies take action and move towards business models that do not involve wasting the planet\u2019s resources by turning them into disposable packaging. People all over the world are already finding real and innovative solutions focused on reusing sustainable materials instead of throwaway plastics.<\/p>\n                            \n\n                    \n                    <\/div>\n                    \n    <div class=\"wp-block-query posts-list p4-query-loop is-custom-layout-list is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n        <div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3d213aab wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Latest Updates &#038; Publications<\/h2>\n        <li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item see-all-link wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/news-stories\/?tag=plastic\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">See all stories<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n        \n        <\/div>\n        \n\n    <p style=\"margin-top: 24px; margin-bottom: 36px;\"><\/p>\n\n    \n\n    <ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-68702 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-climate-energy category-issues tag-renewable-energy tag-plastic tag-coal tag-climate-impacts p4-page-type-press\">\n            \n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/press\/68702\/greenpeace-middle-east-tensions-arent-the-culprit-to-koreas-economic-crisis-fossil-fuel-dependency-is\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eastasia-stateless\/64fa2234-gp0sttyg4_web_size_with_credit_line.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image wp-stateless-item\" alt=\"Greenpeace: Middle East Tensions Aren&#8217;t the Culprit to Korea\u2019s Economic Crisis\u2014Fossil Fuel Dependency Is\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" data-image-size=\"post-thumbnail\" data-stateless-media-bucket=\"planet4-eastasia-stateless\" data-stateless-media-name=\"64fa2234-gp0sttyg4_web_size_with_credit_line.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n        <div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                <div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/category\/issues\/climate-energy\/\">Climate &amp; Energy<\/a><\/div>\n                <div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/tag\/renewable-energy\/\" rel=\"tag\">Renewable Energy<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/tag\/plastic\/\" rel=\"tag\">Plastic<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/tag\/coal\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coal<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/tag\/climate-impacts\/\" rel=\"tag\">Climate Impacts<\/a><\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n        <h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/press\/68702\/greenpeace-middle-east-tensions-arent-the-culprit-to-koreas-economic-crisis-fossil-fuel-dependency-is\/\" target=\"_self\" >Greenpeace: Middle East Tensions Aren&#8217;t the Culprit to Korea\u2019s Economic Crisis\u2014Fossil Fuel Dependency Is<\/a><\/h3>\n        <div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The following is a statement from Greenpeace East Asia Seoul office regarding the economic crisis triggered by the Iran war and an urgent call for the South Korean government to abandon its reliance on fossil fuels and accelerate the transition to a self-sufficient, renewable energy system. <\/p><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"wp-block-group posts-list-meta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><span class='article-list-item-author'><a href='https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/author\/gp_eastasia\/'>Greenpeace East Asia<\/a><\/span>\n        <div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-30T10:37:42+08:00\">March 30, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n        \n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-68673 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-live-sustainably tag-plastic\">\n            \n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/blog\/68673\/greenpeace-protests-cpcs-deficit-addiction\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2222\" height=\"1482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eastasia-stateless\/2026\/03\/740a949f-1500px_2f0a0454.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image wp-stateless-item\" alt=\"Greenpeace Protests CPC\u2019s &#8220;Deficit Addiction&#8221;\u00a0\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eastasia-stateless\/2026\/03\/740a949f-1500px_2f0a0454.jpg 2222w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eastasia-stateless\/2026\/03\/740a949f-1500px_2f0a0454-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eastasia-stateless\/2026\/03\/740a949f-1500px_2f0a0454-1024x683.jpg 1024w, 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href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/category\/issues\/live-sustainably\/\">Live Sustainably<\/a><\/div>\n                <div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/tag\/plastic\/\" rel=\"tag\">Plastic<\/a><\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n        <h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/blog\/68673\/greenpeace-protests-cpcs-deficit-addiction\/\" target=\"_self\" >Greenpeace Protests CPC\u2019s &#8220;Deficit Addiction&#8221;\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n        <div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Demanding Halt to NT$11 Billion Annual Deficit from New Naphtha Cracker <\/p><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"wp-block-group posts-list-meta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><span class='article-list-item-author'>Greenpeace East Asia<\/span>\n        <div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-01-27T11:32:00+08:00\">January 27, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n        \n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8712 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-live-sustainably tag-plastic\">\n            \n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/blog\/8712\/first-evidence-in-hong-kong-found-microplastics-in-feces-of-wild-mammals-scholar-urges-upstream-reduction-for-plastic-pollution\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eastasia-stateless\/2024\/11\/b83876a3-\u91ce\u751f\u52d5\u7269\u7684\u68f2\u606f\u5730\u88ab\u5851\u81a0\u5165\u4fb5\u3002\uff08jj-tsui\u63d0\u4f9b\uff09-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image wp-stateless-item\" alt=\"First Evidence in Hong Kong Found Microplastics in Feces of Wild Mammals; Scholar Urges Upstream Reduction for Plastic Pollution\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eastasia-stateless\/2024\/11\/b83876a3-\u91ce\u751f\u52d5\u7269\u7684\u68f2\u606f\u5730\u88ab\u5851\u81a0\u5165\u4fb5\u3002\uff08jj-tsui\u63d0\u4f9b\uff09-1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eastasia-stateless\/2024\/11\/b83876a3-\u91ce\u751f\u52d5\u7269\u7684\u68f2\u606f\u5730\u88ab\u5851\u81a0\u5165\u4fb5\u3002\uff08jj-tsui\u63d0\u4f9b\uff09-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eastasia-stateless\/2024\/11\/b83876a3-\u91ce\u751f\u52d5\u7269\u7684\u68f2\u606f\u5730\u88ab\u5851\u81a0\u5165\u4fb5\u3002\uff08jj-tsui\u63d0\u4f9b\uff09-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eastasia-stateless\/2024\/11\/b83876a3-\u91ce\u751f\u52d5\u7269\u7684\u68f2\u606f\u5730\u88ab\u5851\u81a0\u5165\u4fb5\u3002\uff08jj-tsui\u63d0\u4f9b\uff09-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eastasia-stateless\/2024\/11\/b83876a3-\u91ce\u751f\u52d5\u7269\u7684\u68f2\u606f\u5730\u88ab\u5851\u81a0\u5165\u4fb5\u3002\uff08jj-tsui\u63d0\u4f9b\uff09-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eastasia-stateless\/2024\/11\/b83876a3-\u91ce\u751f\u52d5\u7269\u7684\u68f2\u606f\u5730\u88ab\u5851\u81a0\u5165\u4fb5\u3002\uff08jj-tsui\u63d0\u4f9b\uff09-1-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" data-image-size=\"post-thumbnail\" data-stateless-media-bucket=\"planet4-eastasia-stateless\" data-stateless-media-name=\"2024\/11\/b83876a3-\u91ce\u751f\u52d5\u7269\u7684\u68f2\u606f\u5730\u88ab\u5851\u81a0\u5165\u4fb5\u3002\uff08jj-tsui\u63d0\u4f9b\uff09-1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n        <div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                <div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/category\/issues\/live-sustainably\/\">Live Sustainably<\/a><\/div>\n                <div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/tag\/plastic\/\" rel=\"tag\">Plastic<\/a><\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n        <h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/blog\/8712\/first-evidence-in-hong-kong-found-microplastics-in-feces-of-wild-mammals-scholar-urges-upstream-reduction-for-plastic-pollution\/\" target=\"_self\" >First Evidence in Hong Kong Found Microplastics in Feces of Wild Mammals; Scholar Urges Upstream Reduction for Plastic Pollution<\/a><\/h3>\n        <div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Even the seemingly mundane feces of animals unveil a concerning reality of plastic pollution in Hong Kong. In collaboration with research teams from universities in Hong Kong and Taipei, Greenpeace&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"wp-block-group posts-list-meta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><span class='article-list-item-author'>Greenpeace East Asia<\/span>\n        <div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-11-29T16:06:54+08:00\">November 29, 2024<\/time><\/div>\n        \n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/li><\/ul>\n\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons carousel-controls is-horizontal is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-044bd602 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-button carousel-control-prev\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Prev<\/button><\/div>\n        \n\n            <div class=\"wp-block-button carousel-control-next\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Next<\/button><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n\n    <li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item see-all-link wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/news-stories\/?tag=plastic\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">See all stories<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/div>\n    <div data-render=\"planet4-blocks\/happypoint\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;mailing_list_iframe&quot;:true,&quot;opacity&quot;:30,&quot;override_default_content&quot;:false,&quot;local_content_provider&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}}\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plastic pollution is jeopardizing human health and harming marine animals like whales and sea turtles at alarming rates. Single-use plastic pollution is devastating our rivers, oceans, waterways and communities around the world. It is urgent that companies take action and move towards business models that do not involve wasting the planet\u2019s resources by turning them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":929,"parent":2323,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_hide_page_title_checkbox":"","p4_title":"","p4_subtitle":"","p4_description":"","background_image_id":"","background_image":"","p4_button_title":"","p4_button_link":"","p4_button_link_checkbox":"","p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"not set","p4_local_project":"","p4_basket_name":"not set","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-596","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live-sustainably","tag-plastic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68362,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/596\/revisions\/68362"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}