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Plastic facts keep getting scarier

How much plastic has been made in the last 60 years, and where has it ended up? Researchers have just finished an in-depth look into the “Production, Use and Fate of All Plastic Ever Made” – and the findings are as huge as that epic titles suggests. We’ve… Read More

Louisa Casson - 20th July 2017

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For BP, the Amazon Reef is becoming a PR nightmare

Together, we’re turning BP’s plan to drill near the Amazon Reef into a PR nightmare. I’m no expert, but sparking a million-strong resistance and upsetting SpongeBob Squarepants can’t be good news for an oil project.   Send a message BP might be hoping they can ride this… Read More

Mal Chadwick - 18th July 2017

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If you care so much, Coke, why aren’t your bottles 100% recycled?

Coca-Cola’s grand announcement on plastic packaging is a lot of PR fizz. But when you look at the detail, it’s all a bit flat. The news that the company is to increase the amount of recycled plastic in its bottles to 50% shows a startling lack of… Read More

John Sauven - 13th July 2017

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Coke are still choking our oceans: Our response to Coca-Cola’s PR spin

People power works. Over 90,000 of us have emailed the bosses of Coca-Cola saying enough is enough, and after 3 months of pressure from Greenpeace, Coke is finally realising the risk that ocean plastic pollution is posing to its brand. This morning Coca-Cola made an announcement in response to all… Read More

Fiona Nicholls - 12th July 2017

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“Plastic pollution is everywhere. It was on every beach we surveyed.”

Below is the transcript of a speech given by John Paterson, a member of Greenpeace Inverness who joined the Beluga expedition on the land team. My name is John Paterson. I am a non-practising Marine Biologist who has always had an interest in the sea and has supported… Read More

Tisha Brown - 11th July 2017

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