Thread by @StefSimanowitz

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

https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1174366923695566848

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