Greenpeace Plastics Calculator

We need governments and businesses to take action to reduce the plastic waste in our everyday lives but have you ever wondered how much plastic you actually use.

Greenpeace plastics calculator.

The flow of plastics into our environment has reached crisis proportions and the evidence is most clearly on display in our oceans. Rex weyler is an author journalist and co founder of greenpeace international. Take the quiz here. Azzarello edward s.

Greenpeace the changes that need to happen are systemic. Refusing disposable plastics like coffee cups and pushing companies or policymakers to do the same could. But we need to go much further to end the flow of plastics into the ocean. Jambeck and kara lavender law science advances 19 july 2017.

It is estimated that up to 12 million metric tons of plastic enter our ocean each year. Marine birds and plastic pollution marie y. You currently use over xxx items of plastic in a year. As it stands the world is on track to.

Supermarkets are starting to talk about what they need to do. Sources and links. Van vleet marine. Greenpeace supporters have challenged coca cola to use less plastic while countries like the uk have banned certain microplastics.

The calculator itself is relatively simple and features only basic plastic items. A results page from the greenpeace plastic use calculator. That s why we need to urge supermarkets which use so much unnecessary plastic to reduce the amount of throwaway plastic they produce.