The Climate Emergency Unpacked: How Consumer Goods Companies are Fueling Big Oil's Plastic Expansion
A new report released by Greenpeace USA reveals how consumer goods companies like Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé are driving the expansion of plastic production and threatening the global climate and communities around the world. The report, The Climate Emergency Unpacked: How Consumer Goods Companies are Fueling Big Oil's Plastic Expansion, exposes the business links between the world’s largest consumer goods and fossil fuel companies and the overall lack of transparency around emissions from plastic packaging.
The same well-known brands that are driving the plastic pollution crisis are helping to fuel the climate crisis. Despite their best efforts to appear climate friendly, companies like Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé are working alongside the fossil fuel industry to expand plastic production, which could lock the world into catastrophic emissions levels and a planet warmed beyond saving.
Join the Single-Use Plastic Rebellion Throughout Europe!
The Single Use Rebellion is an EU-wide mobilization campaign that invites all EU citizens to report any plastic that is forbidden by the SUP directive (plates, cutlery, polystyrene boxes, straws, etc).
If you spot them still being sold, take a picture and share on Surfrider Europe's new tracking website!
The campaign will run until the European Week for Waste Reduction, which ends on the 28th of November.
Tell the U.S. to Stop Permitting Petrochemical Facilities
Hurricane Ida was only the latest reminder of the exploitation and extraction of petrochemical companies in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States. In a new video by Peak Plastic Foundation, #breakfreefromplastic changemaker Sharon Lavigne shares about her experience combatting corporate polluters in her hometown.
Tell U.S. President Biden to uphold environmental justice and stop the permitting of new or expanded petrochemical facilities today!
ClientEarth’s new report, Material issues - Big Food and the rise of plastic-related risk, found that Fast Moving Consumer Goods companies and grocery retailers are failing to recognise, report and act on the risks of continuing to rely on plastic packaging, which could lead to legal action.This critical information should be disclosed to investors.
Changing Market’s new report, Hot Tickets and Hollow Promises, shows that a concerning level of attention is still being paid to unproven solutions to the plastic crisis, while major investment institutions lack a full understanding of the policy landscape and its implications.
Download the "Throwing Away the Throw-Away Culture" Toolkit
Sahabat Alam Malaysia – Friends’ of the Earth Malaysia (SAM) has launched a downloadable toolkit to help anyone achieve a sustainable plastic-free lifestyle.
The "Throwing Away the Throw-Away Culture Toolkit" helps readers expand their knowledge on plastic pollution, guide them on doing a plastic audit, and adjust their lifestyle towards zero-waste.
Environment groups in the Philippines, including the Ecowaste Coalition, criticize the Department of Energy's draft circular classifying waste-to-energy (WTE) as a form of renewable energy (RE).
“Renewable energy is defined as energy created from natural processes that do not get depleted... Waste consists of discarded materials that are produced from the extraction and processing of finite natural resources such as minerals and fossil fuels. Moreover, burning these materials will do more harm to our environment and climate,” Atty. Lievj Alimangohan of Ecowaste Coalition said in a news statement.
The energy department has conducted public consultations on the draft circular that promotes the development of WTE facilities in the country.
