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Tuesday, July 17th, 2018
Our once bountiful seas are under threat from the plastic menace. Simon Barnes finds out how Britain’s small island communities are rallying to protect our marine life, in this article...
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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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Wednesday, June 6th, 2018
Released today, a new report from UN Environment finds a surging momentum in global efforts to address plastic pollution. The first-of-its-kind accounting finds governments are increasing the pace of implementation...
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Monday, May 21st, 2018
About 450,000 plastic pellets, known as "nurdles", have been found on a single beach in Fife as part of a UK-wide survey. North Queensferry, about 12 miles from the Ineos...
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2018
A new global hub will bring together scientific and technical expertise to share latest thinking on sustainable alternatives to plastic and stopping plastic entering oceans. The UK, working with other...
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Saturday, April 21st, 2018
What are nurdles and why are they a problem? This blog post from Dr Abigail Entwistle at FFI delves into the world of plastic pellets. Nurdles. The name sounds inoffensive,...
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Wednesday, April 18th, 2018
Innovative charity collaboration will lead to mass marine litter clean up operation, explains this article from Marine Conservation Society, on the new SCRAPbook project. Three very different charities are joining...
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Monday, April 2nd, 2018
by David Pickett, Flanders Moss NNR Reserve Manager I found a dead guillemot on Flanders yesterday. Odd really as it is a ocean going cliff nester. So why was it...
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Friday, March 30th, 2018
Picturing the English coastline, you might imagine the White Cliffs of Dover, jaunty seaside towns with colorful beach huts, or colonies of seals or puffins and the odd killer whale....
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2018
In this Guardian Opinion piece, Fiona Gell explains why conservation success stories show what ordinary people can do. I recently helped to organise an environmental meeting and found myself checking...
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