• 4 days ago
Activists form giant human sign to 'end plastic' ahead of UN talks in South Korea

Climate activists from around the world held up coloured papers forming a giant human sign to 'end plastic' in South Korea's port city of Busan on Sunday, November 24, ahead of UN plastic talks.

About 500 activists, including members from the Korea Federation for Environmental Movements in South Korea and Friends of the Earth in 10 countries, joined the forming of the sign on Haeundae beach.

Activists also marched down beach area with pickets containing slogans such as "no plastic" and "life in plastic, not fantastic!"

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00:00You
00:30I'm
00:59from Australia. We have a big plastic problem in Australia, like all around the world.
01:03We know that fossil fuel companies are responsible for the plastic crisis, but together with
01:08people power, we need binding regulation to hold them accountable. It's very important
01:13that we reduce plastic production, that we stop the dirty waste trade, and that we scale
01:18up reuse solutions.

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