15 Feb 2018
Supermarket support helps marine charity clean up rivers as well as beaches 20 river cleans planned as part of Marine Conservation Society and Waitrose partnership. The UK’s leading marine charity, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), will be cleaning up river banks and recording the litter found for the first time, thanks to the support of […]
20 Nov 2017
You can’t move for articles and news on plastics in the ocean. The topic has gone exponential. The chancellor will announce in his budget a consultation on how tax might help curb this ever growing mountain of plastic. Chancellor to announce call for evidence on possible measures to cut use of plastics such as takeaway […]
03 Nov 2017
In 2000 Allan Williams, David Tudor and I did some research on a monitoring regime for marine litter for the MCA. Our worst grade in some harbours and in the Clyde was where the density of litter and other waste was a direct health risk and beyond counting, huge concentrations. Public health and treatment just […]
16 Oct 2017
A Beautiful If Evil Strategy – Chris Rose Posted on September 27, 2017 by tochrisrose ‘As the planet fills up with plastic and the EU ponders its new ‘plastics strategy’, is the great re-framing and concern co-option strategy of the plastics industry finally going to run out of road? The threat of invisible omnipresent micro-plastics may force policy-makers […]
05 Oct 2017
Register to clean up your local river in October’s country-wide clean-up of our rivers. Great River Rescue: The public is invited to help rescue the nation’s waterways during the month of October, by taking part in England’s first national clean-up focused on rivers. Plastic litter is a major issue blighting the nation’s waterways and the […]
29 Aug 2017
Local communities urged to get ‘smart’ on tackling litter with launch of the new Government Litter Innovation Fund. Almost £500,000 will be awarded to community projects to tackle the blight of littering, Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey announced today. The money will support the development of new innovation and approaches for tackling litter, from behavioural research for […]
07 Aug 2017
Plastic Bottle Tracker (PBT) Bob Earll 3/10/2017 – See News below – October 24th – Four articles Campaigners and Defra have claimed the success of reducing the use, waste and litter arising from plastic bags. Focused campaigns on particular items have therefore received some encouragement, but what is the next high priority target? There are […]
07 Aug 2017
Warship made from plastic waste invades Cornish coast – SAS Environmental charity Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) has unveiled a 30ft warship made entirely of plastic litter to highlight the growing threat of throwaway plastic in the seas. Built on a Cornish beach, the SAS Wasteland Warship highlights the charity’s latest study which found one in […]
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