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Tuesday, February 27th, 2018
How do we go about "turning the tide" on the global problem of plastic pollution? In this new FFI blog, Dr Abigail Entwistle looks at the options... My son sent...
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Wednesday, February 14th, 2018
Herald reporter Richard Baynes visits Network member St Abbs & Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve (VMR), Network supporter Marine Conservation Society (MCS) and other stakeholders, to hear both sides of the...
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Tuesday, February 13th, 2018
On the 7th of February, Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Roseanna Cunningham, addressed the Scottish Parliament on the use and waste of plastic. In a ministerial statement entitled "stemming the...
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Monday, January 29th, 2018
Billions of pieces of plastic pollution are snagged on coral reefs, sending disease rates soaring, new research has revealed. The discovery compounds the damage being done to a vital habitat...
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Saturday, January 27th, 2018
Primary school pupils described as a "force of nature" have persuaded two major players to quit using plastic straws. Environmental campaigners from Sunnyside Primary School have convinced Scotland's biggest council...
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Saturday, January 20th, 2018
Sediment samples from the beaches around Scapa Flow have a similar level of microplastics to the industrialised, highly populated Clyde and Firth of Forth, research from Heriot-Watt University shows. Scientists...
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Saturday, January 13th, 2018
The sale and manufacture of plastic cotton buds is to be outlawed in Scotland as part of moves to tackle marine litter, the Scottish Government has announced. Environment Secretary Roseanna...
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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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Monday, January 8th, 2018
Plastic can be found in our seas everywhere, from Antarctica to the bottom of the Marianas Trench, the deepest place on earth. United Nations oceans chief Lisa Svensson summed it...
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Thursday, December 14th, 2017
The "BackTheBlueBelt" campaign to establish a 'bluebelt' around 7 British overseas territories has received the backing of 133 MPs. The 1.5million-square mile zone would be the largest network of ocean...
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