Of the many risks related to plastic pollution, policymakers express most concern about the human health impacts, and are calling for measures to reduce production.
The amount of plastics produced and flowing into the environment has reached crisis point, with approximately 400 million tonnes of plastics produced every year and set to triple by 2060.
Greenpeace International activists have boarded a tanker that is set to load toxic plastic chemicals from South Korea’s Hyundai Daesan Refinery complex.
A petition signed by almost three million people from over 182 countries calling for a historic, legally binding, Global Plastics Treaty has been delivered to government delegates ahead of the…
Created by artist Dan Acher in collaboration with Greenpeace East Asia Seoul, the We Are Watching flag features faces of diverse supporters and public figures.