Posts Tagged ‘Pollution’

 

Global salmon farming harming marine life

Thursday, February 11th, 2021

Salmon farming is wreaking ruin on marine ecosystems, through pollution, parasites and high fish mortality rates which are causing billions of pounds a year in damage, a new assessment of…

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Ban on single-use plastic ‘imperative’

Wednesday, January 6th, 2021

Environmental 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…

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Most UK sharks have consumed microfibres

Thursday, July 23rd, 2020

Dogfish © 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…

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The Great Global Nurdle Hunt

Thursday, July 2nd, 2020

Nurdles 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…

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