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Reusables Are Doable!
After months of the plastic industry exploiting fears about COVID-19 to scare people into buying more single-use plastics, Greenpeace just launched a brand new report to highlight reuse and refill…
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Reusables are doable
It is time to stop treating people and the planet as disposable. To save our climate and ensure healthy communities for everyone, we must end our reliance on cheap throwaway plastics.
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Walmart lawsuit
Greenpeace Inc. filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court today, alleging that Walmart has employed unlawful, unfair, and deceptive business practices by incorrectly labeling and advertising its various private label…
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Organize a zero waste event
Zero waste doesn’t mean zero fun — in fact, it’s a chance to exercise your creativity!
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Report: Circular Claims Fall Flat
In a new Greenpeace report, a comprehensive survey of plastic product waste collection, sortation and reprocessing in the United States (U.S.) was performed to determine the legitimacy of “recyclable” claims…
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Throwing Away the Future: How Companies Still Have It Wrong on Plastic Pollution “Solutions”
A Greenpeace USA report released today, Throwing Away the Future: How Companies Still Have It Wrong on Plastic Pollution “Solutions,” warns consumers to be skeptical of the so-called solutions announced…
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Plastic Straws Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Much of the stuff that accumulates during the holidays comes with single-use plastic packaging. We open a gift, rip it out of the package, and toss the plastic into a…
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This is Where Plastic Goes When You Throw It ‘Away’
I’ve spent the past two weeks in Hawaii with the Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise. As nice as it was to have a chance to come to Oahu for a series of…
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Confessions of a Non-Recycler
I have a confession. There was a time when I really didn’t care about recycling. I don’t mean when I was young and didn’t understand where trash went — when…