Plastic pollution on the Firth of Forth could be far worse than previously thought, according to research from Dundee University. A study of a total of 48 square metres (517…
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Plankton study charts rise of ocean plastic
Monday, April 22nd, 2019A trove of data showing when the Atlantic Ocean began choking with plastic has been uncovered in the handwritten logbooks of a little-known but doggedly persistent plankton study dating back…
World leading microbeads ban comes into force
Wednesday, June 20th, 2018
A ban on the sale of products containing microbeads came into force on the 19th June, as part of the Government’s world-leading efforts to prevent these harmful pieces of plastic...
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UK ban on plastic microbeads now in place
Tuesday, January 9th, 2018
The UK has banned the manufacturing of products containing microbeads, in what is being viewed as one of the world’s toughest bans on the harmful pieces of plastic. The landmark step...
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