![A giant Dove pump bottle stands in front of a white London building. A Greenpeace activist in a red jacket stands next to it, and it towers over her at around twice her height. The bottle reads "Dove Real Harm" "Real Change starts with YOU. Watch this video" with a QR code. It also reads "Tell Unilever to: Stop selling sachets now. End single use plastic within 10 years"](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GP0STYK7W_Medium_res-638x425.jpg)
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![A giant Dove pump bottle stands in front of a white London building. A Greenpeace activist in a red jacket stands next to it, and it towers over her at around twice her height. The bottle reads "Dove Real Harm" "Real Change starts with YOU. Watch this video" with a QR code. It also reads "Tell Unilever to: Stop selling sachets now. End single use plastic within 10 years"](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GP0STYK7W_Medium_res-638x425.jpg)
![An activist in a Greenpeace t-shirt holds up a piece of plastic litter with Dove branding. There's a huge pile of plastic waste in the background.](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GP0STYB5P_PressMedia-637x425.jpg)
Real beauty, real harm: the ugly truth behind Dove’s ‘Real Beauty’ campaign
Dove’s execs will tell you they care about women and girls. They’re spending millions on ‘Real Beauty’ campaigns to convince you that their brand is a force for good. But behind their public image lies a true story of real harm.
![Various disposable vapes lie discarded on the street.](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Disposable-vapes-637x425.jpg)
Are disposable vapes bad for the environment?
Is vaping bad for the environment? Can vapes be recycled? What’s the problem with single-use vapes? Here’s what you need to know.
![Crab trapped inside a plastic cup](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GP0STT3FM_PressMedia-417x277.jpg)
Global Plastics Treaty: what you need to know
Your guide to the deal that could end plastic pollution for good
![A large bird flies above smoking piles of waste.](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/18_GP1SXBAQ_PressMedia-637x425.jpg)
Fashion greenwash: how companies are hiding the true environmental costs of fast fashion
10 years on from the Rana Plaza disaster, major fashion labels are using false green claims to conceal their destructive business model. Can big-brand fast fashion really be as sustainable as they promise?
![Three panel illustration in blues and greens. The first shows a woman sewing with Youtube video on the computer in front of her. The second is a hand scrolling through an app on a smartphone, showing wardrobe items: jeans, shoes and a shirt. The third is a neat wardrobe with hanging clothes, gleaming with stars.](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/greenpeace-final-2a-1-640x384.jpg)
How to ditch polluting fast fashion for a more ethical and sustainable wardrobe
The global clothing trade is a mess of human misery and pollution. But what’s the alternative? Here’s how to leave fast fashion behind and build a more sustainable wardrobe.
![Colourful 3-panel illustration with factories on the left. The central panel is a scene in a fashion factory, with arounud 10 women working on sewing machines, wearing colourful clothes and some wearing facemasks. The final panel on the right is a piles of colourful clothing in landfill piles, with a yellow tractor pouring more clothes on to the piles.](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Greenpeace-final-1-amend-640x384.jpg)
How fast fashion fuels climate change, plastic pollution and violence
The 2013 Rana Plaza factory collapse sparked a call for change in the global fashion industry. But 10 years on, more than 100 billion clothes a year are made – mostly from oil turned into polyester – by people working in dangerous conditions. This is fast fashion's impact on people and the planet.
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“Five years of wasted action on plastic” – Greenpeace responds to deposit return scheme announcement
![Three crew members look through binoculars out of a window. The ocean and evening sky are reflected in the window.](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GP1SY8KT_-637x425.jpg)
How Greenpeace investigators expose environmental crimes
Every year Greenpeace investigators expose the environmental scandals companies and governments want to hide. Dean Plant, our head of investigations, shares five moments when they made all the difference.
![Steam bellows from a large chimney in an industrial waste site](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-527458254_2500-637x425.jpg)
Why burning plastic won’t solve the plastic crisis
Nearly half our plastic waste gets burned. But doing so is costing us our health and our planet. Find out what incineration is and why it cannot be a solution to the plastic problem.