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
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
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
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
Plastic Unilever’s greenwashing and vulnerability to brand damage: briefing for investors Unilever has positioned itself as a responsible business with strong sustainability credentials. However, its continued inaction on plastic pollution makes it uniquely vulnerable to accusations of greenwashing and hypocrisy. With… April 2, 2024
Activism Open letter to Wael Sawan, CEO of Shell plc We are writing to express our alarm at your decision to launch a multimillion dollar lawsuit against Greenpeace for peacefully protesting on a Shell oil drilling platform in early 2023. April 1, 2024
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
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
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
