An unimaginably large volume of plastic debris is reaching the world's oceans every year, write Britta Denise Hardesty & Chris Wilcox - and it's set for a ten-fold increase over the next decade, adding to the already terrible toll on marine life from turtles to seals, sea birds and fish. The solution must be to give waste plastic value - if we can find a way.
… Five to 12 million tonnes of plastic are going into the ocean each year … Natural World Pollution Toxics seal-ocean-plastic-cut.jpg An unimaginably large volume of plastic debris is reaching the world's oceans …
Plastic rubbish gets tossed away in far-off places that we rarely get to see. Daisy Dumas assesses its impact on the world's largest floating landfill.
… Dumas | 7th February 2008 News Fishing Fish Plastics Plastic Pollution Fishing Crisis Plastics Risk Green Living Pollution …
A Plastic Planet will go head-to-head with leading figures in the plastics industry.
… Plastic free campaigners confront industry … Staff Reporter | 27th February 2019 News Plastics Industry Change Makers microplastics.jpg A Plastic Planet will go head-to-head …
Elizabeth Claire Alberts discovers how a sea captain's chance discovery launched a mission to clear up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch ...
… Plastic Ocean Elizabeth Claire Alberts | 28th … Reviews Pollution Ocean Marine Conservation Plastic pollution_edited-1.jpg Elizabeth … discovery - the ocean was filled with plastic. Mainstream media has often referred …
Sylvia Rowley examines Rebecca Hosking's tips to rid your town of plastic bags
… How to make your town plastic bag free Sylvia Rowley | 15th April 2009 Activism Plastic Bags Campaigns Rebecca Hosing Modbury Campaigns Plastics Supermarkets Health Politics And …
Sylvia Rowley examines Rebecca Hosking's tips to rid your town of plastic bags
… How to make your town plastic-free Sylvia Rowley | 15th April 2009 News Plastic Bags Campaigns Rebecca Hosing Modbury Campaigns Plastics Supermarkets Campaigns Plastics …
Plastic pollution in the oceans is impacting every level of marine life, writes Kate Rawles, from micro-plankton to whales. And here is your chance to do something about it - join a research expedition to the Azores next month to study the problem and develop solutions!
… Microplastic ocean pollution - will you join our … Toxics Oil Science rozalia-fishing-plastic-ceri-lewis-cut.jpg Fishing for plastic in the open ocean on the Rozalia in … expedition. Photo: Ceri Lewis via Flickr. Plastic pollution in the oceans is impacting …
Long after we go extinct the human presence on Earth will be marked by a geological stratum rich in plastic garbage, according to a new study. Long-lived plastics are already widespread over the ocean floor, and there's a lot more on its way. Forget the 'Anthropocene' - the human era should rightly be called the Plasticene.
… Humans will be remembered for leaving a 'plastic planet' Oliver Tickell | 28th January … News Geology Science Waste Pollution Oceans plastic-beach-cut.jpg Long after we go extinct … be marked by a geological stratum rich in plastic garbage, according to a new study. …
An estimated 12 million tonnes of plastic flows into our oceans each year so no wonder we're facing one of the biggest litter crises our planet has ever seen. LAURA BRIGGS reports
… Plastic Pollution of the Oceans has reached … BRIGGS | 27th October 2016 Ethical Living Plastics Oceans Pollution Crisis plastic-bottle-606881_1280.jpg An estimated 12 …
David Attenborough's Blue Planet II captured the awe and wonder of the natural world, and in doing so transfixed a nation. But it also brought new awareness of the appalling impacts of single-use plastics on marine life. Now the BBC has promised to ban such plastics before 2020. EMILY FOLK welcomes the move
… The BBC single-use plastics ban signals a positive environmental … Emily Folk | 26th February 2018 Comment BBC Plastics Single-use Plastics … of the appalling impacts of single-use plastics on marine life. Now the BBC has …
Plastic is ubiquitous around the world's oceans, writes Lesley Henderson, but although it's visible from space, it can be surprisingly elusive in the water - as she heard from Jo Ruxton, producer of the investigative documentary 'A Plastic Ocean'. Solutions to this growing hazard have also proved elusive to date, hence the film's strong focus on action: educational, cultural and legal.
… Plastic Ocean - why the world should declare plastic 'hazardous waste' Lesley Henderson … Ecology Health Culture Law jo-ruxton1-cut.jpg Plastic is ubiquitous around the world's …
… Our problems with plastic Liz Lee Reynolds | 14th January 2020 News Platic Waste Disposable Plastic Pollution Sustainability Consumerism Science & Systems plastic-ocea-2-cut.jpg We need a holistic …
Oxford scientists launch ambitious roadmap for circular carbon plastics economy.
… The future of plastics Brendan Montague | 31st January 2024 | News Oxford University Plastics Economics Compostable plastic for paper Oxford scientists launch …
The gruesome images of a sea turtle killed by a plastic bag and plastic items found in the stomach of an albatross carcass are distressing. But what about the tiny microplastics that aren’t as readily visible? Professor JOHN MEEKER investigates
… guinea pigs in a worldwide experiment on microplastics John Meeker | 28th August 2018 Comment Plastics Ocean Plastics Microplastic Pollution …
Plastics are the green topic du jour. LOUISE DAVIES asks what the vegan movement can learn from plastic-free campaigners
… Veganism must learn from the plastic revolution Louise Davies | 24th September 2018 Activism Campaigns Plastics Vegan Vegetarianism And Veganism plastic-ocean-cut.jpg Plastics are the green …
Britain's trade in waste plastic to the Far East is booming. But it's not good news. The exported plastic is meant to be recycled under UK conditions and standards, but often is not, undermining bona fide UK recycling firms who face falling prices, reduced turnover, collapsing profits, and all too often, closure.
… UK exporting 67% of plastic waste amid 'illegal practices' … Recycling UK Indonesia Vietnam Malaysia plastic-sorting-cut.jpg Britain's trade in waste plastic to the Far East is booming. But it's …
Cornish beaches are awash with millions of 'nurdles', tiny wildlife-choking plastic pellets presumed spilled from an rogue shipping container. As England's plastic bag charge comes into force, it's a sign that there's still a long way to go to rid our seas of the plastic menace.
… Millions of plastic pellets contaminate Cornwall beaches … millions of 'nurdles', tiny wildlife-choking plastic pellets presumed spilled from an rogue shipping container. As England's plastic bag charge comes into force, it's a …
The public backlash against single use plastics is not the only consideration for businesses. Client Earth, the environmental lawyers, have just published Risk unwrapped: Plastic pollution as material business risk.
… business risks for companies creating plastic waste Staff Reporter | 25th July 2018 News Plastics microplastics-chesapeake-cut.jpg The public …
Surfers Against Sewage calls on Philip Hammond, the chancellor, to use tax system to tackle single-use plastic in his forthcoming Autumn Budget.
… 'We demand a plastic free budget' Brendan Montague | 25th … Makers Surfers Against Sewage Pollution Plastics … to use tax system to tackle single-use plastic in his forthcoming Autumn Budget. … the creation and use of avoidable single-use plastic in his forthcoming Autumn Budget on …