Giving food and hope
Across the world, we are seeing the increasing health and economic impacts of COVID-19. As is the case in many crises, it is the vulnerable and socially excluded who are bearing the brunt of the current pandemic.
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The Most Rubbish Companies
Revealed: the most rubbish companies
Our world has a rubbish problem, and it’s hitting people living in poverty the hardest. Companies sell billions of single-use plastic products in countries where waste isn’t collected. They know full well that communities will have no choice but to live among this rubbish or burn it – leading to health problems and climate change.
We are also seeing that Covid19 is hitting the poorest communities that already face big health and environmental challenges. Our new report, The Burning Question, reveals how the burning of plastic waste is leading to respiratory diseases as well as climate change.
In response to this, over 40,000 of us have joined Renew Our World’s Rubbish Campaign and called on multinational companies to improve this rubbish situation by taking responsibility for the plastic waste mountains their products are creating.
Some of the companies have begun to move in the right direction, though there is still a long way to go. However, two companies, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, are hardly off the starting line when it comes to taking responsibility for their plastic pollution. You can see a League Table of how the companies are performing here.
This isn’t good enough. Act now to send Coca-Cola and PepsiCo a message telling them to get a move on.
If other companies can take action, why shouldn’t they?
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What's next for Renew Our World in Malawi?
We’ve heard recently of Malawi’s inspiring plastic bag ban win and their incredible work harnessing people power for environmental change.
The Malawi Creation Care Network, a collaboration of churches and non-governmental organisations and leader of Renew Our World in Malawi, played a key role in securing this ban on thin plastic bags.
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Read the hopes and prayers of activist and ecology lecturer, Dr Tiwonge Mzumara-Gawa, and National Coordinator for the Malawi Creation Care Network, Charles Bakolo.
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This win did not come easily. In the face of a long and arduous court battle against powerful plastic manufacturers, organisations from all different spheres of society came together to champion the government’s thin plastics ban.
The Malawi Creation Care Network, a collaboration of Christian individuals and organisations and the leader of the Renew Our World campaign in Malawi, played a vital role in securing this ban.
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Tens of thousands of people from across the world have already signed the Rubbish Campaign petition, made lifestyle changes to reduce their plastic use, and used their collective voices to advocate for systemic change.
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