Stop giant corporations from choking our oceans | View Online
Reader, What if I told you that every minute of every day, the equivalent of one garbage truck load of plastic is dumped into the sea? I imagine you’d be pretty shocked. As documented in the series, Plastic Planet, a team from Teen Vogue joined our voyage to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and saw first-hand that our oceans are filling up like a landfill — and fast. We’re also witnessing how these plastics choke or entangle species like seabirds, turtles, and whales, get into the food chain, and kill marine life. This has got to stop. We can no longer tolerate this cycle of destruction for so-called "convenience.” Please add your name to the growing movement around the world saying “ENOUGH.” Sign our petition demanding that the CEOs of eleven of the largest producers of single-use plastics take responsibility for their products. Together we can reject the tired story from companies that a throw-away lifestyle is the only way — it’s not! We must demand an end to corporate plastic pollution by convincing executives at Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestle, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Mondelez, Colgate-Palmolive, and others that we no longer want products made with single-use plastic packaging. Sign our petition today and help prevent the death of wildlife by entrapment and accidental consumption of plastic waste! No matter how hard we try to clean up plastic pollution, the scale of the problem is impossible to tackle with beach cleanups and recycling alone. Until we change corporate practices to stop plastic production at the source, plastic will keep ending up in the ocean, choking and poisoning marine life. I believe that this is when things begin to change. Join this global campaign — I promise you, it’s the beginning of the end of single-use plastics. We’re all in this together. We’ve only got one planet. Please help keep it safe. For a plastic-free future, Annie Leonard Executive Director, Greenpeace USA P.S. Plastics don’t decompose or go away. When they enter our oceans, they fragment into tinier pieces called microplastics that pollute the food chain and kill marine life. From the smallest sea creatures to our very own drinking water, microplastic pollution is everywhere. Help us stop it, sign our petition today!
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