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  • Plastic Waste Investigation in the Philippines. © Jilson Tiu / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Plastics Health Consumption

    Reuse is working. It’s time for major brands like Unilever to help it grow.

    Reuse at scale isn’t a distant ambition. It’s happening right now, despite the companies still profiting from the status quo.

    Anna Diski and Sarah King
    26 Jan 2026
    5 min read
  • Nescafe Brand Parody in Bataan. © Geric Cruz / Greenpeace
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    Plastics Consumption

    What Consumed reveals about Unilever and why the company must break its sachet habit

    Brands like Unilever are now locked into disposability. Despite sustainability promises, the company continues to rely on sachets for volume and margins, even as the pollution becomes impossible to ignore.

    Anna Diski and Sarah King
    7 Jan 2026
    5 min read
  • Gift wrapped! Large red ribbon bow tied around a big pile of crushed and discarded plastic bottles © Chris Grodotzki / Greenpeace
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    Plastics Consumption

    5 ways to disinvite plastic from your holidays

    The season of giving doesn’t have to be giving plastic disaster. Here are 5 ways to beat those consumption blues.

    Sarah King
    16 Dec 2025
    6 min read
  • Geneva Streets Painted Black to Call Out Big Oil’s Chokehold on Global Plastic Treaty Talks. © Samuel Schalch / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Plastics

    Still no Plastics Treaty: How the fossil fuel industry keeps polluting negotiations

    It’s time for world leaders to confront the elephant in the UN Global Plastics Treaty negotiation room: Big Oil.

    Sarah King
    19 Aug 2025
    7 min read
  • Plastics Treaty Now Banner at INC5.2 in Geneva. © Jack Taylor Gotch / Greenpeace
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    Plastics

    INC 5.2: “The inability to reach an agreement in Geneva must be a wake up call for the world”, Greenpeace statement

    The vast majority of governments want a strong agreement, yet a handful of bad actors were allowed to use process to drive such ambition into the ground.

    Greenpeace International
    15 Aug 2025
    1 min read
  • Airborne Microplastics Sampling in Geneva, Switzerland. © Marc Meier / Greenpeace
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    Plastics

    Greenpeace air sampling in Geneva finds microplastics in urban air

    As governments enter the second week of the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations, the research highlights an invisible but widespread part of the plastic pollution crisis.

    Greenpeace International
    11 Aug 2025
    3 min read
  • Night view of a chemical plant in New Sarpy, Louisiana.
    Publications
    Plastics Health Consumption

    Every Breath You Take

    This groundbreaking report maps the locations of petrochemical facilities linked to plastics in 11 countries.

    Greenpeace International
    22 Jul 2025
    1 min read
  • Plastic Crisis in Bangun Village, Indonesia. © Ecoton / Fully Handoko
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    Plastics Health

    Greenpeace calls for drastic cut in plastic production as new report reveals millions at risk of toxic air pollution exposure

    Over 50 million people in 11 countries are at risk of exposure to hazardous air pollution from plastic linked petrochemical production

    Greenpeace International
    21 Jul 2025
    3 min read
  • Waste Pickers Documentary Filming 2024 in Nairobi. © Caleb Mbuvi / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Plastics Consumption

    Ending plastic pollution in Africa: a matter of justice for African women and communities

    In Nairobi’s Dandora dumpsite, Joyce, a young mother rises each day not to farm her land or build her dream, but to scavenge through plastic waste to sell and feed her children.

    Dr Oulie Keita and Safina Okumu
    2 Jul 2025
    3 min read
  • Laboratory Analysis of Nurdles in Taiwan. © Greenpeace / Chase Huang
    Press Releases
    Plastics Health

    Survey: Policymakers concerned over health risks of plastics, see production cuts as solution

    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.

    Greenpeace International
    24 Mar 2025
    3 min read
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