Well, what do you make of these photos? They are shocking and they are no doubt meant to shock. They are excellent quality and very clever because I believe that they are excellent examples of photo-editing. Their validity is helped by the fact that it looks like they were taken in India where these is …
Couple in love take selfie in crazily polluted river clogged with rubbish Read More »
I’m going to refer to a study called Fabricating Strong and Stiff Bio Plastics from Whole Spirulina Cells. To me, that sounded a bit daunting but the study is very important and the scientists start off with the shocking introduction: “Since the 1950s, 8.3 billion tonnes (Bt) of virgin plastics have been produced, of which …
New strong biodegradable plastic rots away like banana peel Read More »
NEWS/OPINION: This is another story about the dangers of leaving plastic rings in the environment. It is a story about plastic pollution and careless humans. The victim? Wildlife of course. And many species of wildlife can be affected. My research indicates that this was an Amazon River dolphin or a ‘river dolphin’. Perhaps it was …
River dolphin starved to death by a plastic bottle ring which closed its mouth Read More »
The Times reports today that Amazon produces enough plastic waste to circle the earth 800 times. Their report comes from the conservation group Oceana. Amazon is the world’s largest retailer. They delivered 7.7 billion packages last year. This equates to 709 million pounds of plastic packaging. This is an 18% increase on the plastic waste …
NEWS AND COMMENT-UK: Scruff is a border collie, a dog breed known for intelligence. He is using his intelligence to make the environment where he lives more ecologically friendly. He seems very strongly motivated to pick up any plastic bottle that he can see and, my god, there are a lot of plastic bottles lying …
“Scruff” the eco-dog fetches plastic bottles for recycling Read More »
A study concluded that the oceans pose a greater risk to the health of the world’s largest creatures than was previously thought as a single blue whale may swallow as much as 10 million pieces of plastic in a day. These 150 tonne animals consume this vast amount of plastic in the form of microplastics …
10 million pieces of plastic ingested DAILY by whales Read More »
NEWS AND COMMENT-TARONGA ZOO, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: A baby sea turtle was rescued from Sydney beach and brought to Taronga Zoo where they have a wildlife hospital. While checking over the turtle and ensuring that it was in good health, it defecated plastic particles for six straight days. Yes, it took six days to expel quite …
Rescued baby sea turtle defecated plastic for 6 straight days Read More »
Plastic rings can find their way into the habitats of many wild species where they can do damage and kill animals. The picture on this page is very illustrative of the dangers to wildlife of plastic rings. The very minor inconvenience of cutting a ring before it is disposed of will help to protect wildlife. …
People are often unaware that they are breathing in microplastics and that these minute plastic particles are lodged in the deepest recesses of their lungs. Micro-plastics are everywhere. You can go to the most remote part of the world and find microplastics. The whole planet pretty well is infested with tiny plastic particles but it …
Do you realise that you have microplastics in your lungs? Read More »
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 terrifying things but it is pretty horrible and it does attract one’s attention. Perhaps you had the same thought when you first saw pictures of the interior mouth of …
Picture of the interior of the mouth of the leatherback turtle Read More »
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 to the lectern and delivered a passionate and brilliant speech with the aid of visuals. Of course he is a professional so one might expect it but most men …
Who cares more about climate change? The young or the old? Read More »
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 destructive behaviour of humankind extends into the four corners of the planet. Nothing is sacred. Scientists have found that on average there are 40 plastic particles of 5 mm …
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 the way it should be spelt out and I’m referring to the reason why, “The 3 biggest environmental threats are plastic pollution, climate change and biodiversity loss”. Yes, the …
Brilliant Bonnin Bashes Britain’s Unsustainable Consumption Read More »
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 in their packaging. This is the demand of any reasonable person including the campaign organisation Oceana of which Carrie Symonds, Boris Johnson’s fiancée, is an adviser. And very thankful …
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 to the finding that if we weighed everything that humans had produced since 1900 it would weigh more than the entire natural world excluding water in the oceans, seas …
Human created produce will soon outweigh the entire natural world Read More »
