![Aerial view of the Arctic Sunrise deck with a ‘ghost net’ that was retrieved from the Sargasso Sea on display and a 'Protect the Oceans' banner.](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GP0SU0OK9_Medium-res-1200px-567x425.jpg)
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![Aerial view of the Arctic Sunrise deck with a ‘ghost net’ that was retrieved from the Sargasso Sea on display and a 'Protect the Oceans' banner.](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GP0SU0OK9_Medium-res-1200px-567x425.jpg)
![A scene in front of Big Ben with many in a crowd waving colourful flags. In front of the cloud is a huge green banner reading "No nature, no future"](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/13_GP0STW34Y_PressMedia-637x425.jpg)
High Court defeat “clear warning” Sunak’s protest crackdown has gone too far
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Greenpeace reveals the plastic choking the ‘golden floating rainforest’ of the Sargasso Sea
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.
![Hands open a pile of small black paper birds . reading names one one side and the Dove logo on the other](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GP0SU0FY5_Low-res-800px-638x425.jpg)
BREAKING: Greenpeace send dead Dove confetti raining over Unilever board as company AGM kicks off
![A drilling structure platform lit up at dusk, silhouetted against the blue-orange sky](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GP0STRKAJ_PressMedia-637x425.jpg)
Taxing fossil fuel giants could raise $720 bn by 2030 to help world’s poorest with climate damages, new report finds
![An inflatable pink octopus stands outside a tall hotel in London's canary wharf. A Greenpeace activist holds a banner reading 'STOP DEEP SEA MINING' in front.](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GP0SU098N_Medium-res-1200px-611x425.jpg)
Greenpeace confronts deep sea mining industry with giant octopus
Greenpeace activists brought a giant pink octopus to confront the deep sea mining industry at its annual shindig in Canary Wharf, London
![Six uniformed schoolchildren throw plastic rubbish up into the air](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GP0SU07V7_Medium_res-638x425.jpg)
The UK’s Largest Plastic Waste Survey Reveals 1.7 Billion Pieces of Plastic Packaging Still Being Thrown Away by Households Weekly
The Big Plastic Count found that UK households discard an estimated 90 billion plastic pieces annually, with only 17% being recycled domestically.
![The lawn in front of the UK parliament building is covered in hundreds of mock gravestones in rows. Funeral style wording in flowers reads 'cold homes cost lives'.](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GP0STZZ26_PressMedia-637x425.jpg)
Activists build cemetery from insulation boards outside Parliament warning “cold homes cost lives”
The protest comes as a new analysis of official data reveals that, on average, 58 people a day have died due to cold homes since government cuts to insulation funding 2013
![View from inside a bin, a person putting a green plastic bottle into it, framed by the plastic bag lining the bin.](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GP1SWWNA_PressMedia-637x425.jpg)
100,000 Count Packaging for Government Action on Plastic
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.
![Offshore wind turbines in a reflective calm ocean with light mist](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/gettyimages-81060810-594x594-1.jpg)