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BREAKING: Greenpeace send dead Dove confetti raining over Unilever board as company AGM kicks off

Footage available here. Greenpeace UK has today disrupted the start of Unilever’s Annual General Meeting in an escalation of its global…

by Stefano Gelmini May 1, 2024

Twigs and driftwood overlaid on a few pieces of plastic, the most prominent of which is a Dove plastic sachet

Plastic

5 reasons to ditch Dove products this summer

140,000 people signed a letter to Dove demanding they stop causing ‘Real Harm’ to women with their single-use plastic sachets. But the skincare brand isn’t listening. It’s time to ditch…

by Greenpeace UK May 1, 2024

A drilling structure platform lit up at dusk, silhouetted against the blue-orange sky

Environmental justice

Taxing fossil fuel giants could raise $720 bn by 2030 to help world’s poorest with climate damages, new report finds

A tax on the extraction of fossil fuels in the world’s richest advanced economies could raise $720 billion by the end of the decade to support the world’s…

by Joe Evans April 29, 2024

Portraits of Susan Hall and Sadiq Khan with 'vs' in between them

Climate change

How do the Mayor of London election candidates stack up on energy, transport, climate and nature?

If you're in London and care about climate and nature, here's what you need to know about the people who want your vote for Mayor

by Greenpeace UK April 29, 2024

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Plastic

Here’s what we learned from counting 4 million pieces of plastic

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…

by Florence Stuart-Leach April 18, 2024

An inflatable pink octopus stands outside a tall hotel in London's canary wharf. A Greenpeace activist holds a banner reading 'STOP DEEP SEA MINING' in front.

Deep sea mining

Greenpeace confronts deep sea mining industry with giant octopus

Greenpeace activists brought a giant pink octopus to confront the deep sea mining industry at its annual shindig in Canary Wharf, London

by Kai Tabacek April 17, 2024

Six uniformed schoolchildren throw plastic rubbish up into the air

Plastic

The UK’s Largest Plastic Waste Survey Reveals 1.7 Billion Pieces of Plastic Packaging Still Being Thrown Away by Households Weekly

The Big Plastic Count found that UK households discard an estimated 90 billion plastic pieces annually, with only 17% being recycled domestically.

by Alexandra Sedgwick April 16, 2024

Playful pattern of line art sea creatures

Oceans

Kids t-shirt design comp: here are the winners!

Over 300 young people designed their own Greenpeace plastics campaign t-shirt. Here's the pick of the bunch.

by Gurvinder Uppal April 12, 2024

An African man in a boilersuit with hi-vis stripes and

Plastic

Waste pickers are the hidden heroes tackling the world’s plastic pollution

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…

by Richard Gower March 22, 2024

A montage of children's t-shirt designs on a green background.

Plastic

Help choose the next Greenpeace t-shirt design

Over 300 talented young people shared their Greenpeace t-shirt designs for this year's competition. Now it's time to pick the winners!

by Gurvinder Uppal March 19, 2024