Greenpeace Plastics Pyramid

It is estimated that up to 12 million metric tons of plastic enter our ocean each year.

Greenpeace plastics pyramid.

The guidance focuses on the toxic characteristics of the potential alternative materials it provides a qualitative ranking based on environmental and health problems of pvc addressing the production additives product emissions during use disposal and recycling. Become a monthly donor today and fight this plastic disaster. Supermarkets are starting to talk about what they need to do. Our oceans are slowly turning into a plastic soup and the effects on ocean life are chilling.

Greenpeace has developed a pyramid of plastics to assist those making material selection to avoid pvc use. Is proof you can build without pvc and don t have to sacrifice quality or looks he added. The new greenpeace office at 702 h street nw in washington dc is a model of green design. Whales starving to death because plastic garbage has blocked their stomachs.

But we need to go much further to end the flow of plastics into the ocean. It s used in packaging home furnishings children s toys automobile parts building materials hospital supplies and hundreds of other products. The new greenpeace usa headquarters in washington d c. The flow of plastics into our environment has reached crisis proportions and the evidence is most clearly on display in our oceans.

Greenpeace and our supporters are fighting against the big polluters that pump huge volumes of throwaway plastic into our environment.