1/. QUESTION: Would you buy grapes that were individually wrapped in plastic?
#COP26Glasgow #cop26plastics #COP26 #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #plasticpollution #ClimateJustice #FridaysForFuture
2/. “Every single grape wrapped in plastic! What the actual f***!”
You would probably be outraged like my friend Diane was! #COP26Glasgow #COP26 #FridaysForFuture #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #plasticfree
3/. CONFESSION
The individually wrapped grapes in the video aren’t real
But the passion fruit were
& so is this footage from Sierra Leone
& so was Diane’s reaction
& so too was the outrage you perhaps felt
It’s time to channel the outrage into action
4/. Are individually plastic-wrapped grapes so much worse than all the other fruit & veg we see in wrapped in pointless plastic every day?
There’s a trash vortex/plastic soup the size of Texas in the Pacific
We cannot plead ignorance
We can no longer afford apathy
#COP26 #COP
5/. Plastics swallowed by marine mammals, seabirds & fish clog their digestive system causing starvation
The problem doesn’t just come from plastic we can see
Micro-plastics can be found at the bottom of our deepest oceans, in plankton, & even in humans!
6/. It is fitting that #COP26 is in the UK as Britain is the world’s 2nd biggest producer of plastic per person
This @GreenpeaceUK video shows how much plastic we dump in other countries
Plastic waste kills millions of birds, sea mammals & fish each year
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