Plastics are probably among the best inventions that we have created as humans.
But mindless consumption of single-use plastics has also polluted our environment, choking marine life and destroying our oceans.
How many dead whales, turtles, and birds do we need to see before we say goodbye and break free from plastic?
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May 2020
A joint investigation was carried out last year by Greenpeace, revisiting several locations suspected to have onsite imported plastic waste to find out the lasting environmental and health impacts of…
June 2019
Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand are leading a growing push back against a deluge of unwanted and toxic shipments of waste from the developed world since China’s decision to ban imports.
November 2018
In many places a waste management system exists that claims to dispose, incinerate or recycle collected plastic waste. In reality, most of the plastic waste generated in high-income countries is…
October 2018
The corporations behind the plastic pollution pandemic: A Greenpeace review of the policies, practices and ambitions of significant fast-moving consumer goods businesses.