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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

Climate change

“I live in constant fear that the cold is going to kill me”

Sandra is 79, in fuel poverty and lives in a cold, damp, uninsulated home. This is her story.

by Greenpeace UK March 13, 2024

The lawn in front of the UK parliament building is covered in hundreds of mock gravestones in rows. Funeral style wording in flowers reads 'cold homes cost lives'.

Activism

Cold homes cost lives: activists build cemetery from insulation boards outside Parliament

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.

by Greenpeace UK March 13, 2024

Climate change

Activists build cemetery from insulation boards outside Parliament warning “cold homes cost lives”

The protest comes as a new analysis of official data reveals that, on average, 58 people a day have died due to cold homes since government cuts to insulation funding…

by Phil Richards March 13, 2024

View from inside a bin, a person putting a green plastic bottle into it, framed by the plastic bag lining the bin.

Plastic

100,000 Count Packaging for Government Action on Plastic

Nationwide, 100,000 participants, including nearly 13,000 school classes, are participating in The Big Plastic Count this week. It is a unique opportunity for households to gather evidence for the government…

by Alexandra Sedgwick March 11, 2024