Greenpeace International
@greenpeace@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

“Water from Nestlé’s Contrex and Hépar brands contains microplastic concentrations so extreme that scientists say they shatter environmental baselines.”

A new microplastic study EVERY WEEK should NOT be the new normal.
Greenpeace International
@greenpeace@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

It's time to stop the plastic crisis for the health of people and planet and turn off the (micro)plastic tap.

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https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/lets-end-the-age-of-plastic/

#PlasticsTreaty
Greenpeace International
@greenpeace@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

After a week of stalled #PlasticsTreaty talks, Greenpeace International finds #microplastics in the Geneva :flag-ch: air!
This new investigation highlighting the urgent need for a strong treaty that cuts plastic production to tackle microplastic exposure. https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/microplastics-geneva-air-un-plastics-treaty-b2806016.html
Greenpeace International
@greenpeace@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

After a week of stalled #PlasticsTreaty talks, Greenpeace International finds #microplastics in the Geneva :flag-ch: air!
This new investigation highlighting the urgent need for a strong treaty that cuts plastic production to tackle microplastic exposure. https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/microplastics-geneva-air-un-plastics-treaty-b2806016.html
Greenpeace International
@greenpeace@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

World leaders need to step up and demand a strong Global #PlasticsTreaty that cuts plastic production.

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https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/lets-end-the-age-of-plastic/

8 August 2025 - Civil society coalition mobilization at the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations. Civil society organizations, waste pickers, frontline communities, Indigenous Peoples, scientists, healthcare professionals, children and youth, women, businesses, and non-governmental organisations did a silent protest and held messages demanding negotiators to keep their promise, fix the process and end plastic pollution as delegates enter the plenary session of the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland. © Greenpeace / Marie Jacquemin
8 August 2025 - Civil society coalition mobilization at the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations. Civil society organizations, waste pickers, frontline communities, Indigenous Peoples, scientists, healthcare professionals, children and youth, women, businesses, and non-governmental organisations did a silent protest and held messages demanding negotiators to keep their promise, fix the process and end plastic pollution as delegates enter the plenary session of the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland. © Greenpeace / Marie Jacquemin
8 August 2025 - Civil society coalition mobilization at the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations. Civil society organizations, waste pickers, frontline communities, Indigenous Peoples, scientists, healthcare professionals, children and youth, women, businesses, and non-governmental organisations did a silent protest and held messages demanding negotiators to keep their promise, fix the process and end plastic pollution as delegates enter the plenary session of the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland. © Greenpeace / Marie Jacquemin
Greenpeace International
@greenpeace@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

2/ At treaty talks in Busan, governments promised ambition, and ambition means cutting plastic production. Now, they must deliver to people and planet, not cater to the fossil fuel industry.

Multilateralism must work for those who need it the most.

#CourageOverCompromise#PlasticsTreaty

8 August 2025 - Civil society coalition mobilization at the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations. Civil society organizations, waste pickers, frontline communities, Indigenous Peoples, scientists, healthcare professionals, children and youth, women, businesses, and non-governmental organisations did a silent protest and held messages demanding negotiators to keep their promise, fix the process and end plastic pollution as delegates enter the plenary session of the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland. © Greenpeace / Marie Jacquemin
8 August 2025 - Civil society coalition mobilization at the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations. Civil society organizations, waste pickers, frontline communities, Indigenous Peoples, scientists, healthcare professionals, children and youth, women, businesses, and non-governmental organisations did a silent protest and held messages demanding negotiators to keep their promise, fix the process and end plastic pollution as delegates enter the plenary session of the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland. © Greenpeace / Marie Jacquemin
8 August 2025 - Civil society coalition mobilization at the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations. Civil society organizations, waste pickers, frontline communities, Indigenous Peoples, scientists, healthcare professionals, children and youth, women, businesses, and non-governmental organisations did a silent protest and held messages demanding negotiators to keep their promise, fix the process and end plastic pollution as delegates enter the plenary session of the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland. © Greenpeace / Marie Jacquemin
Greenpeace International
@greenpeace@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

1/ 🚨On Day 5 of #PlasticsTreaty talks, Greenpeace was outside the UN along with 🌎civil society, scientists, wastepickers, youth, Frontline and Indigenous voices from around the world, calling out governments for derailing treaty negotiations!

8 August 2025 - Civil society coalition mobilization at the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations. Civil society organizations, waste pickers, frontline communities, Indigenous Peoples, scientists, healthcare professionals, children and youth, women, businesses, and non-governmental organisations did a silent protest and held messages demanding negotiators to keep their promise, fix the process and end plastic pollution as delegates enter the plenary session of the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland. © Greenpeace / Marie Jacquemin
8 August 2025 - Civil society coalition mobilization at the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations. Civil society organizations, waste pickers, frontline communities, Indigenous Peoples, scientists, healthcare professionals, children and youth, women, businesses, and non-governmental organisations did a silent protest and held messages demanding negotiators to keep their promise, fix the process and end plastic pollution as delegates enter the plenary session of the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland. © Greenpeace / Marie Jacquemin
8 August 2025 - Civil society coalition mobilization at the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations. Civil society organizations, waste pickers, frontline communities, Indigenous Peoples, scientists, healthcare professionals, children and youth, women, businesses, and non-governmental organisations did a silent protest and held messages demanding negotiators to keep their promise, fix the process and end plastic pollution as delegates enter the plenary session of the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland. © Greenpeace / Marie Jacquemin
Greenpeace International
@greenpeace@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

🧵 Tips for reducing microplastic exposure recommended in this article:

Avoid packaged & ultra-processed foods
Don't microwave plastics or use plastic water bottles
Follow a plant-based diet
Minimize dust in your home
Use fragrance-free personal care & cleaning products

The journalist forgot one: support a strong Global #PlasticsTreaty that drastically cuts plastic production! 🌍

Add your name ⤵️

https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/lets-end-the-age-of-plastic/

Screenshot: Washington Post article. July 23, 2025. Guest column by Tracey Woodruff. Title: I’m a microplastics researcher. Here’s how I limit the plastic in my life. Excerpt: "Microplastics are everywhere. But there are simple ways to lower your exposure. Microplastics are really small pieces of plastic — less than five millimeters long on one side or about the size of a pencil eraser. That means some of them are visible to the naked eye, but others are so tiny that you can’t even see them — smaller than the width of your hair or even a red blood cell. (...) Overall, it’s about reducing plastic use, particularly single-use plastics.Here’s what I’ve done to limit the microplastics in my life."
Screenshot: Washington Post article. July 23, 2025. Guest column by Tracey Woodruff. Title: I’m a microplastics researcher. Here’s how I limit the plastic in my life. Excerpt: "Microplastics are everywhere. But there are simple ways to lower your exposure. Microplastics are really small pieces of plastic — less than five millimeters long on one side or about the size of a pencil eraser. That means some of them are visible to the naked eye, but others are so tiny that you can’t even see them — smaller than the width of your hair or even a red blood cell. (...) Overall, it’s about reducing plastic use, particularly single-use plastics.Here’s what I’ve done to limit the microplastics in my life."
Screenshot: Washington Post article. July 23, 2025. Guest column by Tracey Woodruff. Title: I’m a microplastics researcher. Here’s how I limit the plastic in my life. Excerpt: "Microplastics are everywhere. But there are simple ways to lower your exposure. Microplastics are really small pieces of plastic — less than five millimeters long on one side or about the size of a pencil eraser. That means some of them are visible to the naked eye, but others are so tiny that you can’t even see them — smaller than the width of your hair or even a red blood cell. (...) Overall, it’s about reducing plastic use, particularly single-use plastics.Here’s what I’ve done to limit the microplastics in my life."
Greenpeace International
@greenpeace@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

🧵 Tips for reducing microplastic exposure recommended in this article:

Avoid packaged & ultra-processed foods
Don't microwave plastics or use plastic water bottles
Follow a plant-based diet
Minimize dust in your home
Use fragrance-free personal care & cleaning products

The journalist forgot one: support a strong Global #PlasticsTreaty that drastically cuts plastic production! 🌍

Add your name ⤵️

https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/lets-end-the-age-of-plastic/

Screenshot: Washington Post article. July 23, 2025. Guest column by Tracey Woodruff. Title: I’m a microplastics researcher. Here’s how I limit the plastic in my life. Excerpt: "Microplastics are everywhere. But there are simple ways to lower your exposure. Microplastics are really small pieces of plastic — less than five millimeters long on one side or about the size of a pencil eraser. That means some of them are visible to the naked eye, but others are so tiny that you can’t even see them — smaller than the width of your hair or even a red blood cell. (...) Overall, it’s about reducing plastic use, particularly single-use plastics.Here’s what I’ve done to limit the microplastics in my life."
Screenshot: Washington Post article. July 23, 2025. Guest column by Tracey Woodruff. Title: I’m a microplastics researcher. Here’s how I limit the plastic in my life. Excerpt: "Microplastics are everywhere. But there are simple ways to lower your exposure. Microplastics are really small pieces of plastic — less than five millimeters long on one side or about the size of a pencil eraser. That means some of them are visible to the naked eye, but others are so tiny that you can’t even see them — smaller than the width of your hair or even a red blood cell. (...) Overall, it’s about reducing plastic use, particularly single-use plastics.Here’s what I’ve done to limit the microplastics in my life."
Screenshot: Washington Post article. July 23, 2025. Guest column by Tracey Woodruff. Title: I’m a microplastics researcher. Here’s how I limit the plastic in my life. Excerpt: "Microplastics are everywhere. But there are simple ways to lower your exposure. Microplastics are really small pieces of plastic — less than five millimeters long on one side or about the size of a pencil eraser. That means some of them are visible to the naked eye, but others are so tiny that you can’t even see them — smaller than the width of your hair or even a red blood cell. (...) Overall, it’s about reducing plastic use, particularly single-use plastics.Here’s what I’ve done to limit the microplastics in my life."
Greenpeace International
@greenpeace@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Recycling does not match the scale of the plastic that's being produced.

It’s time to turn off the tap.

We have to stop the PRODUCTION of all that unnecessary plastic!

From 5 to 14 August, governments are gathering in Geneva to try to finalise a Global #PlasticsTreaty — a once-in-a-generation chance to turn the tide on plastic pollution.

✊ Urge world leaders to choose people and planet — not polluters.​

Add your name: https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/lets-end-the-age-of-plastic/
Greenpeace International
@greenpeace@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Recycling does not match the scale of the plastic that's being produced.

It’s time to turn off the tap.

We have to stop the PRODUCTION of all that unnecessary plastic!

From 5 to 14 August, governments are gathering in Geneva to try to finalise a Global #PlasticsTreaty — a once-in-a-generation chance to turn the tide on plastic pollution.

✊ Urge world leaders to choose people and planet — not polluters.​

Add your name: https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/lets-end-the-age-of-plastic/