Reading an artcle in The Guardian this morning....
www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/27/plastic-debris-inundates-remote-uk-coasts-endangering-wildlife
From the article:
A Greenpeace research ship has spent the past two months touring the Scottish coast and islands assessing the impact of plastic waste.
Marine scientists on the Greenpeace ship Beluga II will undertake a detailed analysis of the results over the next two months. But the initial findings from the voyage paint a bleak picture:
Plastic waste, from bottles to bags and packaging, was found on every beach surveyed
Microplastic and other plastic fragments were found in the feeding grounds of basking sharks, seals and whales
Plastic bottles, bags and packaging were found in birds nests at internationally significant seabird colonies, in areas such as the Bass Rock, Isle of May and the Shiant Isles
Last month scientists found nearly 18 tonnes of plastic on one of the world’s most remote islands, an uninhabited coral atoll in the South Pacific.
The tiny landmass in the eastern South Pacific, was found to have the highest density of anthropogenic debris recorded anywhere in the world, with 99.8% of the pollution plastic.
It's a fucking environmental disaster.
We need to do something about this, strting with forcing drinks companies to completely change their packaging.
Added to the fertiliser run off poisoning our seas, plus all the other crap we leave floating about there, and I'm frankly surprised there is any sea life left at all.
What can we do MN??
AIBU?
To think its time we went back to the old pop bottles banned most plastics??
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