| Title | PLASTIC WARNINGS |
| Brand | GREENPEACE |
| Product/Service | GREENPEACE |
| Category |
E02. Other FMCG |
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Entrant
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DDB Budapest, HUNGARY
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Idea Creation
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DDB Budapest, HUNGARY
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Production
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CINESUPER PRODUCTION Budapest, HUNGARY
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Production 2
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IMAGO STUDIO Budapest, BRAZIL
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Credits
| Karolina Galácz |
DDB Budapest |
Creative Director |
| Guilherme Somensato Somensato |
DDB Budapest |
head of art |
| Máté Nagy |
DDB Budapest |
Senior Copywriter |
| Zsófia Maul |
DDB Budapest |
Head of Content |
| Miki357 Miki357 |
CimneSuper |
Director |
| Marcell Nagy |
Cinesuper |
DoP |
| Zsófia Érdi |
Cinesuper |
Editor |
| Richárd Illés |
Cinesuper |
Art Director |
| Zoltán Mártonffy |
Cinesuper |
Producer |
| Kata Kristóf |
Cinesuper |
Production Manager |
| Balázs Deimanik |
Focus Fox |
Post-Production |
| Lacó Gaál |
Cinesuper |
Colorist |
| Balázs Pejkó |
Cinesuper |
Sound Engineer |
| Máriusz Fodor |
Cinesuper |
Sound Design Arrangement |
| Guilherme Duarte |
Imago Studio |
CGI Lead |
| Rodrigo Raiol |
Imago Studio |
3D Artist |
| George Rutherford |
Imago Studio |
Print post production |
Background
Only 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled. In 2020, the plastic industry produced more plastic than ever before. Our plastic problem is getting worse: microplastics cause health problems for oceans, animals, and humans alike.
Companies have been pushing the blame for plastic waste on consumers, communicating recycling as a solution. But it is not. Greenpeace wanted to push the blame back to who's really responsible: the plastic industry.
The tobacco industry made a product that is very harmful for people's health glamorous and desirable through packaging design. When forced to disrupt their design with ugly health warning signs, their brands, and therefore their market value, suffered a great deal.
Because people meet packaging so closely, it greatly influences their purchase decisions. Using this behaviour, we can repeat the effect health warnings had on cigarette packaging if we display the harmful effects plastic has on plastic packaging.
Describe the creative idea (40% of vote)
Plastic Warnings is an initiative by Greenpeace to force companies to put tobacco-style warnings on all plastic packaging.
Just like in the case of cigarettes, the glamorous brand of which lost its value when tobacco companies were forced to use health warning labels, Greenpeace wants all plastic packaging to have to include health warning labels too, reminding consumers of the harmful effects of plastic - to oceans, animals and humans.
The campaign wants to push brands to use sustainable packaging alternatives instead.
Describe the execution (40% of vote)
We launched the campaign with a film drawing the parallel between the tobacco industry and the plastic industry and asking people for support.
A website collects all info and detail about the campaign and contains a downloadable Activist Kit, containing printable posters and Plastic Warnings that people used offline. User generated guerilla videos were created of this act.
Instagram stickers were virtually put on plastic packaging and spread in social media.
Citylight posters were placed all over town, in social media, as well as in front of the local HQs of the top polluting companies.
List the results (20% of vote)
The campaign generated a debate in Hungary and finally, the Parliament banned all companies from the distribution of single-use plastics from 1st of July.
Over 1M views of the Instagram stickers
Greenpeace website traffic increased: +415%
Overall campaign reach: 3M+