'Trashing the planet': Greenpeace barricades Unilever HQ in protest at firm's plastic output

Cecilia Keating
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Credit: Kristian Buus / Greenpeace
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Credit: Kristian Buus / Greenpeace

Activists call on consumer goods giant to rapidly phase out single-use plastic, starting with sachets that are blamed for driving plastic pollution in developing countries

Greenpeace activists this morning blockaded the entrance to Unilever's London headquarters in protest at the multinational's plastic output. The barricade at the entrances to the office building was...

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