[Photo] A belly full of plastic

Members of Greenpeace Korea staged a protest Thursday calling on food manufacturers to reduce their use of plastic

Activists with Greenpeace Korea stage a protest in front of the offices of Lotte Chilsung Beverage in Seoul’s Songpa District on Thursday, calling on food manufacturers to cut their use of plastic packaging. (Kim Hye-yun/The Hankyoreh)

Posted on : Nov.25,2021 

The environmental advocacy group Greenpeace Korea staged a protest in front of the offices of several food manufacturers on Thursday, calling on the companies to reduce the amount of plastic they use.

Activists with Greenpeace Korea stage a protest in front of the offices of Lotte Chilsung Beverage in Seoul’s Songpa District on Thursday, calling on food manufacturers to cut their use of plastic packaging. (Kim Hye-yun/The Hankyoreh)

The protest took place in front of the offices of Lotte Chilsung Beverage in Seoul’s Songpa District. To illustrate the gravity of plastic pollution, protesters cut open a model of a fish to reveal that it was full of various plastic bottles, instant food containers, and a variety of other single-use disposable items. One protester held up a placard reading, “With nowhere else to go, the only answer for plastic is to reduce its use.”

The protesters said that as food manufacturers continue to contribute to the mass production and consumption of single-use plastic packaging, plastic continues to make its way into the ground and water, where it pollutes ecosystems.


Greenpeace Korea activists open up a large model fish to reveal its stomach full of plastic waste.

 (Kim Hye-yun/The Hankyoreh)

By Kim Hye-yun, staff reporter
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