Greenpeace Plastics Toolkit

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Greenpeace plastics toolkit.

But we need to go much further to end the flow of plastics into the ocean. Key facts and information growing crisis. We can t escape it in our schools communities and the nature that surrounds us. To learn more about the push for lasting solutions to the plastic pollution crisis visit break free from plastic.

Plastic plastic and more plastic. This april greenpeace presented a proposal to ban plastic bags amongst all retailers to the environment select committee at parliament. Greenpeace supporters have challenged coca cola to use less plastic while countries like the uk have banned certain microplastics. Toolkit for a plastic free future.

Supermarkets are starting to talk about what they need to do. A banner reads polluted by single use plastic. The flow of plastics into our environment has reached a crisis level and the devastating impact is most evident in our oceans. More than one million greenpeace change agents have taken action globally over the past year calling on corporations to stop producing single use plastics.

But there is also no shortage of hope innovative solutions and inspiring success stories. A toolkit for a plastic free future. More than 90 of plastic is made from fossil fuel and a recent report by ciel estimates that in 2019 alone the pollution from global plastic production and incineration will equal the emissions of 189 coal fired power plants. Because of you we now have a seat at the table.

The classroom is a great place to start discussing plastic pollution and how to address it. Download the toolkit now. The activity aims to name the brands most responsible for the plastic pollution happening in our oceans. The story of stuff project is a member of breakfreefromplastic a global movement envisioning a future free from plastic pollution.

Start by downloading the free greenpeace million acts of blue plastic free future toolkit. We re inviting you to be part of a million acts of blue to turn the tide on plastic pollution by taking action to stop it at its source. Because plastic is everywhere it also offers us an incredible opportunity to act. Greenpeace together with the breakfreefromplastic coalition conduct a beach cleanup activity and brand audit on freedom island parañaque city metro manila philippines.

Plastic is literally everywhere in the depths of the oceans on mountain peaks in the stomachs of birds and mammals in the food we eat and in the air we breathe. The equivalent of a truckload worth of plastic enters our oceans every. Plastic pollution is a big problem.