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A year ago, North Sumengko in East Java, Indonesia was a village of maize and rice fields. Today, it is a village filled with foreign plastic. |
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Places like this are at the end of the line of a multibillion-dollar global recycling industry that starts in the household and industrial waste bins of rich countries, like the United States and Germany. It ends in the yards of waste pickers, like the ones in North Sumengko.
READ this and other stories from the frontlines of the plastic waste trade in GAIA’s newest report: https://wastetradestories.org/
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| Fight back against environmental racism and the dumping of plastic waste in the global south!
Join tens of thousands of people in calling for wealthy states and corporations to stop treating developing countries like their dumping grounds. Next week, global leaders will be meeting at the Basel Convention in Switzerland, to decide whether to let this practice continue - tell them enough is enough
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New open source plastic pollution data is here!
5 Gyres latest initiative, TrashBlitz, provides a platform to unite around taking charge of waste in our communities! In the spirit of the #breakfreefromplastic brand audit, gathering relevant data leads to finding the right solutions for a better tomorrow.
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Plastic monsters around the world return home to Nestlé
All around the world plastic monsters have been emerging and return to their place of origin - Nestlé’s offices and factories. Make your own #PlasticMonster and tell Nestlé and other corporate polluters it’s time to #breakfreefromplastic! |
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Did you know the mass production of single-use plastic has put us in the biggest recycling crisis in history? Learn more in the latest Story of Plastic mini-doc! |
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