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Posts Tagged ‘Plastic’
Ban on single-use plastic ‘imperative’
Wednesday, January 6th, 2021Environmental campaigners say it is now “imperative” that the Scottish Government acts quickly to ban single-use plastic items. Friends of the Earth Scotland warned that delaying a ban by even…
Beachwatch Bute’s benches
Thursday, November 12th, 2020Beachwatch Bute SCIO are celebrating their 21st year cleaning beaches on Bute by rolling out an innovative programme of new litter picking benches around Bute’s beautiful beaches made possible by…
Most UK sharks have consumed microfibres
Thursday, July 23rd, 2020Dogfish © Graham Saunders, SNH Flickr Microfibres from fishing lines and nets and materials from textiles discovered in 67% of seabed-dwelling sharks. Microplastics and synthetic microfibres from clothing have been…
The Great Global Nurdle Hunt
Thursday, July 2nd, 2020Nurdles collected on the River Ythan, Scotland – Lauren S @SaltWaterLifeUK / The Great Nurdle Hunt The #GreatGlobalNurdleHunt report released on 1st July highlights shocking global nurdle pollution. Over 1000…
Plastic pollution affecting more than 900 marine species
Monday, March 23rd, 2020The scourge of plastic pollution and ghost fishing gear has exploded over the past century, new research reveals. In 1938, American biologist Eugene Gudger documented an Atlantic cod with its…
Plastic pollution may be spreading antibiotic resistance
Thursday, March 5th, 2020Each year, millions of tonnes of plastic enter our oceans. Many of the negative effects of all this plastic are well known: it poisons fish, entangles sea turtles, and has…
Loch Creran polluted by plastic waste from fish farm company
Thursday, October 10th, 2019Loch Creran, a sea loch on the west coast of Scotland prized for its wildlife, has been polluted by countless thousands of scraps of plastic waste from the manufacture of…
Public underrates crisis of the natural environment
Wednesday, September 11th, 2019The impact of global warming, plastic pollution and biodiversity loss is underestimated by the general public, a new study finds. Only a quarter of people correctly identified that all 20…
After bronze and iron, welcome to the plastic age
Thursday, September 5th, 2019Plastic pollution is being deposited into the fossil record, research has found, with contamination increasing exponentially since 1945. Scientists suggest the plastic layers could be used to mark the start…