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Greenpeace International

We can’t recycle our way out of the plastic crisis.

As long as companies keep ramping up plastic production, recycling will always be too little, too late.

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May 31 at 10:13amWeb
Show threadGreenpeace International22h ago

We need to turn off the plastic tap and cut how much is made in the first place.

We demand that governments commit to a strong Global Plastics Treaty that will cut plastic production by at least 75% by 2040 to stay below 1.5 C and end single-use plastic.

Join us: https://act.gp/4voIpUK

#plastic #plasticstreaty #plasticpollution

Show threadsnailinjection21h ago
@greenpeace you may choose plastic bottle or glas bottle, tomatoes in plastic folie or loose ones, etc, etc. Many goods have a plastic free option - and look what's in their shopping baskets... That's the reason for plastic production. I am really tired of blaming others for our own bad. It is in our own hands!
Show threadArborIstManu21h ago
@snailinjection @greenpeace yes we can do as much as possible in the range of our own behavior everyday. But in that case it is not only ourselves choice to reduce plastic or fossil fuel production so far. Therefore the elected governments should care about ALL people and not only themselves.
Show threadsnailinjection16h ago
@ArboristManuel @greenpeace
I fully agree. Nevertheless, quite a few decisions should be clearly obvious to the government, yet they still aren’t being done. On the one hand, so-called lobbying is holding things back; on the other, investment protection measures are slowing things down. Nonetheless, even a 5–10% drop in sales volume is already causing major problems for manufacturers. Our influence is not nearly as limited as we are led to believe.
Show threadArborIstManu16h ago
@snailinjection @greenpeace 🤝
Show threadPomegranate_Stew20h ago
@snailinjection @greenpeace
I miss the little green open-topped square paper containers berries used to come in back in the 1970s.
Show threadpunIssuer19h ago
@snailinjection @greenpeace why have police, jails, and the whole legal system? People should just choose not to be criminals!
Show thread🍁voilà-DCKIM🍁21h ago

I'm sure everyone know this @greenpeace but, I would still like to point out that 'plastics' are actually a by-product of oil and gas production.

Sometimes people don't make that connection.

The equation of the longevity of each type of plastic is basically built directly from the oil and gas production process.

There are some special formulations that have no equal but, you can't get oil and gas without a giant heap of trash. Either now or later after being used a few times first.

OIL + GAS

Show threadBredroll20h ago
@dckim @greenpeace there is the other sticky point, that while plastic pollution is a problem, plastic waste is also carbon that has not made it into our atmosphere.
Show threadcauZation19h ago

@greenpeace We've long had options to branch off of more #FossilFuels based products, including algae tech. The problem has long been 'pure' #Capitalism #greed

Replace #FossilFuels #TechBros #Broligarchy with #sustainability #scientists

Show threadFather Hardstone19h ago
@greenpeace does this includes the bio degradable ones we keep hearing about ??  and you hear about developments that they are making plastic out of plants or whatever; wonder if all that should be classified as 'plastic' !!!
Show threadfenex3319h ago
@greenpeace What really gets me is that you have to pay 10 pence for a plastic bag, that you store all of the products you just bought. The majority of which is in plastic containers. It's clearly one huge scam being operated by the supermarkets among others...
Show threadGhostOnTheHalfShell19h ago

@greenpeace

It’s ironic, isn’t it that Donald Trump is going to be the most significant eco warrior.

That war in Iran is choking off the feed stock of resins that go into every plastic product.

Show threadCrovanian17h ago
@greenpeace plastic is an amazing material that has so many special properties that make the modern world possible. Why are we using this wonder material for fucking spoons?