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  • Champion a Plastic-Free Future through the Power of Reuse - Seminar in Hong Kong. © Greenpeace
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    Plastics

    Join Champions of Change to support an end to plastic pollution

    Signatories range from small zero-waste shops and innovative reuse startups to well-known brands and financial institutions — showing that a range of players can and must be part of driving systemic change.

    Sarah King •
    30 May 2025
    6 min read
  • Civil society groups from around the world come together in a mass mobilization at the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) meetings in Ottawa, Canada.
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    Plastics

    Ottawa Plastic Talks: strong Global Plastics Treaty still within reach

    A global treaty that cuts plastic production and ends single-use plastic pollution is still within reach and governments have a duty to do all they can to secure it.

    Greenpeace International •
    23 Apr 2024
    2 min read
  • Waste Management and Recycling in Bogotá, Colombia. © Juan Pablo Eijo / Greenpeace
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    Consumption Plastics

    4 false solutions that won’t solve the plastic pollution crisis

    From recycling to bioplastics, here are 4 examples of approaches that fail to tackle the scale of the global plastic pollution crisis.

    Mehdi Leman •
    23 Apr 2024
    6 min read
  • Banner at Dondora Dumpsite in Kenya. © Greenpeace / Selvin Marete
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    Plastics

    INC4: Canada must get the Global Plastics Treaty talks back on track

    This April, representatives from more than 170 global governments will come together in Canada to negotiate a UN global Plastics Treaty - a once-in-a-generation opportunity to begin to solve the plastic pollution crisis. What happens in Ottawa could determine whether the treaty succeeds or fails. 

    Graham Forbes & Sarah King •
    18 Apr 2024
    4 min read
  • Fast Fashion Research in Kenya. © Kevin McElvaney / Greenpeace
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    Plastics

    To be a treaty for the people, the Global Plastics Treaty must reduce plastic production

    This resounding call for action to reduce plastic production sends a strong message to the governments meeting under the global Plastics Treaty: have the courage to stand up to the fossil fuel industry and defend people's interests.

    Angelica Pago •
    4 Apr 2024
    5 min read
  • Survey Results Global Plastics Treaty cover 16:9 landscape version
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    Plastics

    8 in 10 people support cut in plastic production ahead of Global Plastics Treaty talks in Ottawa

    Eight out of 10 people support cutting plastic production revealed a new Greenpeace International report ahead of the fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC4) meeting for a Global Plastics Treaty to be held in Ottawa, Canada this month.

    Greenpeace International •
    4 Apr 2024
    3 min read
  • Two more Greenpeace climbers board the Shell oil platform that is being transported to an oilfield north of the Shetland Islands. © Greenpeace
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    Actions ArcticSunrise Climate Oceans Oil Peace Plastics RainbowWarrior

    Best of Greenpeace actions 2023

    There’s nothing more rewarding than seeing fossil fuel giants crumble under the pressure of our collective action. We live for moments where justice is served, through movements big and small,…

    Bea Amador and Sudhanshu Malhotra •
    15 Dec 2023
    3 min read
  • Waste Management and Recycling in Bogotá, Colombia. © Juan Pablo Eijo / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    Plastics

    Companies must turn failure into effective action on the plastics crisis

    Greenpeace reaction to the new Ellen MacArthur report "The Global Commitment Five Years In:Perspective On Progress" and the 2022/23 progress report for Global Commitment signatories.

    Greenpeace International •
    31 Oct 2023
    1 min read
  • Waste Management and Recycling in Bogotá, Colombia. © Juan Pablo Eijo / Greenpeace
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    Plastics Oil Climate

    Why Greenpeace is calling on governments to cut plastic production by at least 75% by 2040

    As we head into the third round of international negotiations for a global Plastics treaty in Kenya, global leaders must step up to the reality that the only way to address the plastics crisis and avoid the worst effects of the climate emergency is to set ambitious rules that significantly reduce the amount of plastics…

    Graham Forbes •
    10 Oct 2023
    3 min read
  • Global Plastics Treaty: Parliament Projection in London. ©  Ollie Harrop / Greenpeace
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    Plastics Consumption

    Global Plastics Treaty must reduce plastic production — or it will fail

    Global Plastics Treaty must reduce plastic production — or it will fail

    Greenpeace International •
    2 Jun 2023
    1 min read
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