The UN declared the mouth of the leatherback turtle the most terrifying thing in the world. I’m not sure about that. I can think of more...
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Who cares more about climate change? The young or the old?
If you have been watching COP26 you should have been impressed by Sir David Attenborough’s speech. The man is 95 years of age. He bounded up...
Continue reading...Plastic pollutes the North Pole
It is shocking to read in The Times that microplastic pollution has found its way into the Arctic Ocean, a place which should be pure. The...
Continue reading...Brilliant Bonnin Bashes Britain’s Unsustainable Consumption
Liz Bonnin is a French-Irish scientist and natural history presenter. She is a national treasure as far as I am concerned because she spells it out...
Continue reading...Amazon must curb its use of plastic packaging
In the interests of wildlife conservation, and the protection of our planet including the oceans, Amazon must take urgent steps to reduce the use of plastic...
Continue reading...Human created produce will soon outweigh the entire natural world
A research project – which is designed to open the eyes of humankind to the realisation that we can’t go on destroying the planet – came...
Continue reading...Discarded coronavirus facemasks are another pollution problem for wildlife
NEWS AND COMMENT: It’s extraordinary to report that an expat (and his friend) living in France campaigning about litter picked up more than 6,000 discarded coronavirus...
Continue reading...Woollen fleeces used as compost because consumers prefer plastic
NEWS AND VIEWS (COMMENTS): It looks shocking. Farmers turning woollen fleeces into compost because they can’t get enough money for their wool because the British public...
Continue reading...Rectangular slabs of cheese are more environmentally friendly than square slabs
I’m not sure that it is strictly the change from square to rectangular which reduces the amount of plastic waste from cheese products because the amount...
Continue reading...Shock horror: one tonne of plastic per person produced since 1950
It is a shocking statistic to read that there is one tonne of plastic sloshing around the planet today per each living person. It seems that...
Continue reading...Bacteria finds a way to help recycle plastics
Recycling plastics using enzymes developed from bacteria is a game changer. Some plastics can be recycled but each time you recycle it you lose quality. This...
Continue reading...How to green-wash your business
I had not heard of the phrase or word “green-wash” before. It means to make your business look as if it is concerned with environmental matters...
Continue reading...Steve Allen the LBC radio presenter is too wasteful with clothes
Steve Allen, the early breakfast LBC radio presenter, much loved by an army of elderly British citizens delights in telling them that he wears an entirely...
Continue reading...Blue jean microfibres polluting the planet just like plastics
A new study has revealed that fragments of the world’s most popular fabric can now be found in the remotest parts of the planet in a...
Continue reading...1,000 particles of plastic per cubic metre of sea water in Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean contains 1,000 particles of plastic per cubic metre of sea water. These are the new findings of a new study to assess the...
Continue reading...640,000 tons of fishing gear dumped or lost at sea worldwide per year
When irresponsible fishermen lose or dump their nets at sea they create “ghost fishing nets” which can kill marine wildlife by trapping the animals. There is...
Continue reading...Brits keep churning out the plastic
NEWS AND VIEWS: You would have thought that by now the manufacturers, the retailers and the consumers working together would have found a way to reduce...
Continue reading...Coronavirus facemasks are becoming a marine wildlife hazard
NEWS/VIEWS – COMMENT ON THE NEWS: From the shores of England to those of Hong Kong discarded coronavirus facemasks are rapidly developing into a new hazard...
Continue reading...Biodegradable plastic containers a huge step in mitigating plastic pollution crisis
The mass manufacture of biodegradable plastic cups, cartons, bottles and wrappers is going to solve the plastic pollution puzzle. Scientists have been puzzling how to stop...
Continue reading...600 million tonnes of plastic in the oceans is our future
Sharks have it in their stomachs. Whales can have a huge number of plastic bags inside them which can be fatal. Sixty percent of seabirds and...
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