In a street-theatre action a Greenpeace activist wearing a “microbeads-filled” toothpaste costume hides and runs around while Oceans campaigners Jiewoo KIM and Grace PARK encourage passers-by to sign a petition calling for a ban on microbeads.
Microbeads are tiny plastic particles found in products from toothpaste to body cleansers. Too small to be filtered by most water treatment systems, the particles end up in rivers, oceans and the food chain, harming marine life and polluting the entire ecosystem.