Schools, households, community groups and businesses up and down the country counted their plastic waste for a whole week in March to reveal the state of the UK's plastic waste problem. The Big Plastic Count 2024 is finished, and it's time to see the results.
Waste pickers all over the world are vital to reducing the impact of pollution on people living in poverty. Find out about the lives of waste pickers – and what the Global Plastics Treaty must do to support them.
On average 58 people have died a day every winter because of cold homes since government cuts to insulation funding. So we built a cemetery in their memory outside Parliament.
Banning single-use plastics like straws threatens disability rights and dignity for people with disabilities. Here’s how a plastic for access, or ‘Placcess’, system could help.
An unfair tax system is worsening inequality, contributing to the cost of living crisis and slowing climate action. Wealth taxes could raise funds to make people’s lives better – and help the UK transition away from fossil fuels.
The Galápagos Marine Reserve is a powerful example of what ocean protection can achieve. But outside its boundaries, industrial fishing is still doing damage. Now, governments have a chance to change that.
Do you want to see your design on a Greenpeace t-shirt? If you're 0–17 years old, you can submit your artwork on the theme of plastic pollution by 17 March 2024