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Manifesto rankings: Labour’s green plans score four times higher than Tories’, but fall short on funding
The Green Party and Liberal Democrats easily top the ranking with both committing to much greater ambition.
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The Green Party and Liberal Democrats easily top the ranking with both committing to much greater ambition.
Greenpeace UK retrieved hundreds of pieces of plastic from clusters of seaweed floating in the Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic Ocean. They spent the last five days on board the Arctic Sunrise crossing the sea to launch a campaign to create a global network of marine sanctuaries under the Global Ocean Treaty.
The Big Plastic Count found that UK households discard an estimated 90 billion plastic pieces annually, with only 17% being recycled domestically.
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 about the extent of the UK’s plastic waste problem.
Nationwide, across all 650 parliamentary constituencies, 80,000 participants have already signed up for The Big Plastic Count 2024, including over 10,000 school classes. They have committed to counting a week’s plastic waste as part of the UK’s largest waste survey starting next week.
On the eve of Unilever’s profits announcement Greenpeace UK have scaled the company’s HQ erecting a huge sign reading 'PROFIT WARNING - Plastic Polluted Money'.
The return of Greenpeace UK and Everyday Plastic's The Big Plastic Count represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity for the public to influence the UN Global Plastics Treaty.