Help us ship plastic back to polluters

Kathleen- Plastic production is a broken system that dumps plastic trash on the rest of us! Help us expose plastic pollution at its source!  DONATE NOW It's a shocking sight! Every day, countless garbage disposal barges — like in the photo above — carry tons of plastic waste around the world. When we recently explored one of the world's most pristine marine environments around the Verde Islands in the Philippines aboard the Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior, we found even its smallest inhabitants impacted by plastic (see below).  Countries in the Global South, especially Southeast Asia, are suffering the most from the devastating impact of big companies creating single-use plastic — using them as a dumping ground through the global waste trade. Simply put, these companies created a Plastic Monster. We're now sending this Plastic Monster back to where it was created. Will you chip in today and help us SHIP THE MONSTER BACK along with everything we do for the environment? Nestlé and Unilever are on the top of the list of the worst plastic polluters, according to global waste audits. Annually, Unilever uses 610,000 metric tonnes of plastic packaging and Nestlé uses 1.7 million tonnes of plastic. I mean, that's crazy, right? This is a crisis and recycling won't fix this. Every minute of every day, the equivalent of a garbage truck of plastic enters our oceans. I think it's time, in the great Greenpeace tradition, that corporations like Nestlé and Unilever bear witness to their plastic pollution that is devastating our oceans. Power our campaign to SHIP THE MONSTER BACK, and fight for the environment, with a special donation today! Throwaway plastic litters our waterways, shores, and oceans. Doesn't sound fair to me — and I know it doesn't sit right with you — that the rest of us are expected to clean up while the polluters rake in the profits. From the Philippines to the Netherlands — where activists unfurled "STOP SINGLE-USE PLASTIC" on a garbage barge and marched a Plastic Monster toward Unilever's headquarters, respectively — we're fighting back! Help us complete our journey to SHIP THE MONSTER BACK! We're building momentum to change our throwaway culture. Supermarkets like Trader Joe's and Kroger have made commitments to cut plastic waste. Now, we need consumer goods companies to join the campaign to #BreakFreeFromPlastic.  Power the movement to SHIP THE MONSTER BACK and help us put major corporate polluters on notice! For plastic-free oceans, Kate Melges Oceans Campaigner, Greenpeace USA P.S. In the Philippines, we met this crab, trapped inside a discarded cup, but he is not the only animal affected: 1 in 3 sea turtles and more than 50% of whale species have ingested plastic! Do you need a better reason to ask big companies to STOP single-use plastic? Support Greenpeace's fight against plastic pollution today and support all our important work! Greenpeace never takes a dime from corporations or governments. Everything we do is thanks to the generous support of people like you! DONATE NOW   facebook twitter website instagram   Greenpeace 702 H Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20001 | 1-800-722-6995   Greenpeace Inc. is a non-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(4) organization. As a result of our effective work for new environmental policies, contributions are not tax-deductible.   If you wish to no longer receive our emails, you may unsubscribe. We value your privacy. If you have any questions about how we use your information please read our privacy policy.