Great Britain Archives - One Earth - One Ocean e. V. https://oneearth-oneocean.com/category/great-britain/ Wed, 31 Dec 2014 16:46:36 +0000 de-DE hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://oneearth-oneocean.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-oeoo-logo-unterzeile-blau-1-32x32.jpg Great Britain Archives - One Earth - One Ocean e. V. https://oneearth-oneocean.com/category/great-britain/ 32 32 SAS Launches Crucial New Report Highlighting Solutions To The Marine Litter Crisis https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2014/sas-launches-crucial-new-report-highlighting-solutions-to-the-marine-litter-crisis/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2014/sas-launches-crucial-new-report-highlighting-solutions-to-the-marine-litter-crisis/#respond Wed, 31 Dec 2014 16:46:36 +0000 http://www.oneearth-oneocean.com/kb/?p=1120 http://www.sas.org.uk/news/campaigns/sas-launches-crucial-new-report-highlighting-solutions-to-the-marine-litter-crisis/ 16 OCTOBER 2014 SAS Launches Crucial New Report Highlighting Solutions To The Marine Litter Crisis by Hugo Tagholm Surfers Against Sewage campaigners call for urgent and innovative new measures to rid the UK coastline of marine litter. The Marine Litter Report sounds the alarm for the UK?s trashed tidelines, highlighting the environmental impacts on marine ecosystems and wildlife, and the unaffordable costs to industries including fisheries and tourism. Surfers Against Sewage has launched an crucial new environmental report calling for a 50% reduction in UK beach litter by 2020. The Marine Litter Report, launched this week at SAS?s inaugural Protect Our Waves All Party Parliamentary Group, highlights the scale of the marine litter crisis and suggests radical new measures to stem the flow of litter to our oceans, waves and beaches. The report calls for cohesive and effective anti-marine litter measures from all sections of society including community action, increased company responsibility and new government legislation. Hugo Tagholm, SAS Chief Executive says: ?Marine litter is one of the biggest threats to the health of our precious marine environment and it?s vital that we ramp up our collective actions to combat the crisis. Surfers Against Sewage?s Marine Litter Report maps out radical, yet tried and tested, new measures that can deliver a cleaner, greener coastline by 2020. Cutting off the flow of marine litter at source is critical to our vision to stop plastic and other debris from polluting our beaches.? http://www.sas.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/SAS-Marine-Litter-Report-Med.pdf

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]]> http://www.sas.org.uk/news/campaigns/sas-launches-crucial-new-report-highlighting-solutions-to-the-marine-litter-crisis/ 16 OCTOBER 2014 SAS Launches Crucial New Report Highlighting Solutions To The Marine Litter Crisis by Hugo Tagholm Surfers Against Sewage campaigners call for urgent and innovative new measures to rid the UK coastline of marine litter. The Marine Litter Report sounds the alarm for the UK?s trashed tidelines, highlighting the environmental impacts on marine ecosystems and wildlife, and the unaffordable costs to industries including fisheries and tourism. Surfers Against Sewage has launched an crucial new environmental report calling for a 50% reduction in UK beach litter by 2020. The Marine Litter Report, launched this week at SAS?s inaugural Protect Our Waves All Party Parliamentary Group, highlights the scale of the marine litter crisis and suggests radical new measures to stem the flow of litter to our oceans, waves and beaches. The report calls for cohesive and effective anti-marine litter measures from all sections of society including community action, increased company responsibility and new government legislation. Hugo Tagholm, SAS Chief Executive says: ?Marine litter is one of the biggest threats to the health of our precious marine environment and it?s vital that we ramp up our collective actions to combat the crisis. Surfers Against Sewage?s Marine Litter Report maps out radical, yet tried and tested, new measures that can deliver a cleaner, greener coastline by 2020. Cutting off the flow of marine litter at source is critical to our vision to stop plastic and other debris from polluting our beaches.? http://www.sas.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/SAS-Marine-Litter-Report-Med.pdf

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]]> https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2014/sas-launches-crucial-new-report-highlighting-solutions-to-the-marine-litter-crisis/feed/ 0 A planet drowning in plastic: A floating Pacific ‚garbage‘ patch the size of Wales. https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2014/a-planet-drowning-in-plastic-a-floating-pacific-garbage-patch-the-size-of-wales/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2014/a-planet-drowning-in-plastic-a-floating-pacific-garbage-patch-the-size-of-wales/#respond Mon, 29 Dec 2014 21:50:55 +0000 http://www.oneearth-oneocean.com/kb/?p=1056 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2768849/A-planet-drowning-plastic-A-floating-Pacific-garbage-patch-size-Wales-Seabirds-whales-dying-horrible-deaths-How-addiction-plastic-turning-oceans-toxic.html A planet drowning in plastic: A floating Pacific 'garbage' patch the size of Wales. Seabirds and whales dying horrible deaths. How our addiction to plastic is turning the oceans toxic ? Plastic has been called one of the most pernicious threats to our fututre ? The threat is worse than climate change and is 'chocking our future' ? In the remote Pacific there is a garbage patch as big as Wales ? 90 per cent of seabirds found dead on the beach have ingested plastic By PHILIP HOARE FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 01:13 GMT, 25 September 2014 | UPDATED: 17:20 GMT, 25 September 2014

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]]> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2768849/A-planet-drowning-plastic-A-floating-Pacific-garbage-patch-size-Wales-Seabirds-whales-dying-horrible-deaths-How-addiction-plastic-turning-oceans-toxic.html A planet drowning in plastic: A floating Pacific 'garbage' patch the size of Wales. Seabirds and whales dying horrible deaths. How our addiction to plastic is turning the oceans toxic ? Plastic has been called one of the most pernicious threats to our fututre ? The threat is worse than climate change and is 'chocking our future' ? In the remote Pacific there is a garbage patch as big as Wales ? 90 per cent of seabirds found dead on the beach have ingested plastic By PHILIP HOARE FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 01:13 GMT, 25 September 2014 | UPDATED: 17:20 GMT, 25 September 2014

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]]> https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2014/a-planet-drowning-in-plastic-a-floating-pacific-garbage-patch-the-size-of-wales/feed/ 0 MICROSCOPIC PLASTIC DEBRIS AND ITS IMPACT ON AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS https://oneearth-oneocean.com/research/2014/microscopic-plastic-debris-and-its-impact-on-aquatic-ecosystems/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/research/2014/microscopic-plastic-debris-and-its-impact-on-aquatic-ecosystems/#respond Sun, 12 Oct 2014 19:57:28 +0000 http://www.oneearth-oneocean.com/kb/?p=989 http://www.sgmeet.com/aslo/granada2015/sessionschedule.asp?SessionID=101 101 - MICROSCOPIC PLASTIC DEBRIS AND ITS IMPACT ON AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS Global plastic production has risen rapidly over the past sixty years, and 10% of all discarded plastic waste is thought to end up in the oceans. There it can fragment, but takes centuries to fully degrade. As a result, microplastics (small plastic detritus ? 1 mm diameter) have become a widespread pollutant, and are increasingly present in aquatic ecosystems (both freshwater and marine) across the globe. Microplastics can be ingested by an array of marine life, although the risk they pose to the health of aquatic organisms is still largely unknown. In this session, we aim to bring together the latest research documenting the distribution of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems across the globe, evidence for bioaccumulation of microplastics in laboratory studies and from field surveys, and studies addressing the biological effects of microplastics ingestion on organisms from across the food web. Studies documenting how best to locate and identifying microplastics in water, sediment and in organisms themselves would be of interest as would information on hotspots of contamination and vulnerable species. Finally, it would be of particular interest to discuss the potential ecological impacts of predicted increases in marine litter on different aspects of ecosystem function and biogeochemical processes. ORGANIZERS Tamara Galloway , University of Exeter t.s.galloway@exeter.ac.uk Dr Ceri Lewis , University of Exeter c.n.lewis@exeter.ac.uk Matthew Cole , University of Exeter m.cole@exeter.ac.uk http://www.sgmeet.com/aslo/granada2015/default.asp

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]]> http://www.sgmeet.com/aslo/granada2015/sessionschedule.asp?SessionID=101 101 - MICROSCOPIC PLASTIC DEBRIS AND ITS IMPACT ON AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS Global plastic production has risen rapidly over the past sixty years, and 10% of all discarded plastic waste is thought to end up in the oceans. There it can fragment, but takes centuries to fully degrade. As a result, microplastics (small plastic detritus ? 1 mm diameter) have become a widespread pollutant, and are increasingly present in aquatic ecosystems (both freshwater and marine) across the globe. Microplastics can be ingested by an array of marine life, although the risk they pose to the health of aquatic organisms is still largely unknown. In this session, we aim to bring together the latest research documenting the distribution of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems across the globe, evidence for bioaccumulation of microplastics in laboratory studies and from field surveys, and studies addressing the biological effects of microplastics ingestion on organisms from across the food web. Studies documenting how best to locate and identifying microplastics in water, sediment and in organisms themselves would be of interest as would information on hotspots of contamination and vulnerable species. Finally, it would be of particular interest to discuss the potential ecological impacts of predicted increases in marine litter on different aspects of ecosystem function and biogeochemical processes. ORGANIZERS Tamara Galloway , University of Exeter t.s.galloway@exeter.ac.uk Dr Ceri Lewis , University of Exeter c.n.lewis@exeter.ac.uk Matthew Cole , University of Exeter m.cole@exeter.ac.uk http://www.sgmeet.com/aslo/granada2015/default.asp

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]]> https://oneearth-oneocean.com/research/2014/microscopic-plastic-debris-and-its-impact-on-aquatic-ecosystems/feed/ 0 Your Shoes Are Rubbish https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2014/your-shoes-are-rubbish/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2014/your-shoes-are-rubbish/#respond Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:15:17 +0000 http://www.oneearth-oneocean.com/kb/?p=823 http://vimeo.com/92132180 Your Shoes Are Rubbish from Billy Turvey Wednesday, April 16, 2014 7:42 AM This Project is about the out of sight and out of mind legacy of the modern consumer. Taking the shoe as a prime example: What used to be a hand crafted item made to last and designed to be repairable, now spends an almost insignificant amount of time on the ground doing what it was made for. As soon as the first component on a modern shoe fails, the pair is often discarded. The mass produced shoe is now essentially disposable. After you've finished with them they're just another (two) piece(s) of rubbish that are likely to still be around long after your own body has decomposed; we're all leaving behind ourselves a rubbish legacy. With the development of plastics came a utopian promise to change the world, and change the world it has, plastic has become so materially ingrained in our lives and environment that it's becoming increasingly indistinguishable and inseparable from nature. We took this as a starting point and set out to mine this plastic pollution, we collected rubbish from the west and the south coast of England and the banks of the river Thames. Following this we made a pair of shoes out of the rubbish that all our consumer goods are destined to become. A satirical critique of the legacy we consumers leave in our wake. Far from suggesting we all wear shoes made from rubbish, the project is a talking point around which to stage a conversation about the consumerism game we?re all caught up in. http://everythingisrubbish.co.uk/ http://www.charles-duffy.com/ http://cargocollective.com/williamgubbins http://www.billyturvey.com/

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]]> http://vimeo.com/92132180 Your Shoes Are Rubbish from Billy Turvey Wednesday, April 16, 2014 7:42 AM This Project is about the out of sight and out of mind legacy of the modern consumer. Taking the shoe as a prime example: What used to be a hand crafted item made to last and designed to be repairable, now spends an almost insignificant amount of time on the ground doing what it was made for. As soon as the first component on a modern shoe fails, the pair is often discarded. The mass produced shoe is now essentially disposable. After you've finished with them they're just another (two) piece(s) of rubbish that are likely to still be around long after your own body has decomposed; we're all leaving behind ourselves a rubbish legacy. With the development of plastics came a utopian promise to change the world, and change the world it has, plastic has become so materially ingrained in our lives and environment that it's becoming increasingly indistinguishable and inseparable from nature. We took this as a starting point and set out to mine this plastic pollution, we collected rubbish from the west and the south coast of England and the banks of the river Thames. Following this we made a pair of shoes out of the rubbish that all our consumer goods are destined to become. A satirical critique of the legacy we consumers leave in our wake. Far from suggesting we all wear shoes made from rubbish, the project is a talking point around which to stage a conversation about the consumerism game we?re all caught up in. http://everythingisrubbish.co.uk/ http://www.charles-duffy.com/ http://cargocollective.com/williamgubbins http://www.billyturvey.com/

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]]> https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2014/your-shoes-are-rubbish/feed/ 0 WRAP publishes new carrier bag use figures https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2014/wrap-publishes-new-carrier-bag-use-figures/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2014/wrap-publishes-new-carrier-bag-use-figures/#respond Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:10:58 +0000 http://www.oneearth-oneocean.com/kb/?p=819 http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/wrap-publishes-new-carrier-bag-use-figures-0 WRAP publishes new carrier bag use figures 15th July 2014 Data published today by WRAP shows that 8.3 billion thin-gauge* (single-use) bags were used in 2013 by customers of UK supermarkets**. This represents an increase of 3.2% compared with 2012 (8.1 billion), and a decrease of 32% compared with 2006 (12.2 billion), when reporting began. The number of thin-gauge (single-use) bags used per month by supermarket customers increased from 10.6*** in 2012 to 10.8 in 2013. This represents a decrease on the 16.7 bags per customer in the baseline year of 2006. The overall number of bags (which include re-usable bags) issued by supermarkets in 2013 totaled 8.8 billion. This compares to 8.5 billion bags in 2012 and 12.4 billion bags in 2006. These figures represent an increase of 3.2% between 2012 and 2013, and a reduction of 29% since the baseline year of 2006. In 2013, total carrier bags (which include re-usable bags) weighed 67,300 tonnes, compared with 70,400 tonnes in 2012, which represents a 4.4% decrease. Overall there has been a 39% decrease in the weight of carrier bags from the baseline year of 2006. http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/wrap-publishes-new-carrier-bag-use-figures http://www.wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/Carrier%20Bag%20results%202013.pdf

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]]> http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/wrap-publishes-new-carrier-bag-use-figures-0 WRAP publishes new carrier bag use figures 15th July 2014 Data published today by WRAP shows that 8.3 billion thin-gauge* (single-use) bags were used in 2013 by customers of UK supermarkets**. This represents an increase of 3.2% compared with 2012 (8.1 billion), and a decrease of 32% compared with 2006 (12.2 billion), when reporting began. The number of thin-gauge (single-use) bags used per month by supermarket customers increased from 10.6*** in 2012 to 10.8 in 2013. This represents a decrease on the 16.7 bags per customer in the baseline year of 2006. The overall number of bags (which include re-usable bags) issued by supermarkets in 2013 totaled 8.8 billion. This compares to 8.5 billion bags in 2012 and 12.4 billion bags in 2006. These figures represent an increase of 3.2% between 2012 and 2013, and a reduction of 29% since the baseline year of 2006. In 2013, total carrier bags (which include re-usable bags) weighed 67,300 tonnes, compared with 70,400 tonnes in 2012, which represents a 4.4% decrease. Overall there has been a 39% decrease in the weight of carrier bags from the baseline year of 2006. http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/wrap-publishes-new-carrier-bag-use-figures http://www.wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/Carrier%20Bag%20results%202013.pdf

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]]> https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2014/wrap-publishes-new-carrier-bag-use-figures/feed/ 0 Plastic bag use rises for fourth year https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2014/plastic-bag-use-rises-for-fourth-year/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2014/plastic-bag-use-rises-for-fourth-year/#respond Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:07:43 +0000 http://www.oneearth-oneocean.com/kb/?p=817 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/15/plastic-bag-use-rises-for-fourth-year Plastic bag use rises for fourth year More than 8bn single use plastic bags given away in UK supermarkets in 2013, figures from waste programme show Adam Vaughan The Guardian, Tuesday 15 July 2014 10.01 BST The number of plastic bags given out in UK supermarkets has risen for the fourth year running, to 8.3bn bags a year, official figures show. The rising consumption comes ahead of a 5p charge in England that will be introduced in 2015 after the general election, and a 5p charge in Scotland due to come into force this autumn. Retailers in Wales reported reductions in such "single use" bags of up to 96% following the successful implementation of a 5p charge there in 2011 that goes to charities including Keep Wales Tidy and the RSPB. Data published on Tuesday by the government's waste programme, Wrap, shows an increase of 3% in the number of bags given away at supermarkets between 2012 and 2013.

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]]> http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/15/plastic-bag-use-rises-for-fourth-year Plastic bag use rises for fourth year More than 8bn single use plastic bags given away in UK supermarkets in 2013, figures from waste programme show Adam Vaughan The Guardian, Tuesday 15 July 2014 10.01 BST The number of plastic bags given out in UK supermarkets has risen for the fourth year running, to 8.3bn bags a year, official figures show. The rising consumption comes ahead of a 5p charge in England that will be introduced in 2015 after the general election, and a 5p charge in Scotland due to come into force this autumn. Retailers in Wales reported reductions in such "single use" bags of up to 96% following the successful implementation of a 5p charge there in 2011 that goes to charities including Keep Wales Tidy and the RSPB. Data published on Tuesday by the government's waste programme, Wrap, shows an increase of 3% in the number of bags given away at supermarkets between 2012 and 2013.

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]]> https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2014/plastic-bag-use-rises-for-fourth-year/feed/ 0 From a millennium base line to 2012: Beach litter changes in Wales https://oneearth-oneocean.com/research/2014/from-a-millennium-base-line-to-2012-beach-litter-changes-in-wales/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/research/2014/from-a-millennium-base-line-to-2012-beach-litter-changes-in-wales/#respond Wed, 09 Jul 2014 19:14:25 +0000 http://www.oneearth-oneocean.com/kb/?p=663 A.T. Williams, P. Randerson, O.A. Alharbi, From a millennium base line to 2012: Beach litter changes in Wales, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 84, Issues 1?2, 15 July 2014, Pages 17-26, ISSN 0025-326X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.05.017. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X14002951) Abstract: Forty-five beaches at 41 bathing area locations in Wales were analysed for litter in 2000 and 2012, via a standard seven category checklist. Fourteen resorts, 2 urban, 11 village, 15 rural 3 remote, were graded, A to D. A grade beach numbers changed from 5 to19; B, 27 to 24; C, 9 to 2; D, 4 to 0, many beaches maintaining their current status. Assuming trend continuance within the next 12 years, the A:B grade ratio would approach equilibrium of 44:56, with no grade C or D beaches. Recreational litter was ubiquitous; fishing materials prevalent along Cardigan Bay. New water treatment plant investment reduced sewage related debris. Despite apparent increased awareness of beach litter, improving visitor behaviour through information/education should be a future priority. Removing a few gross items could improve beach grades at little cost to local authorities and benefits to the Welsh economy. Keywords: Beach litter; Wales; Public recreation; Markov model

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]]> A.T. Williams, P. Randerson, O.A. Alharbi, From a millennium base line to 2012: Beach litter changes in Wales, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 84, Issues 1?2, 15 July 2014, Pages 17-26, ISSN 0025-326X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.05.017. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X14002951) Abstract: Forty-five beaches at 41 bathing area locations in Wales were analysed for litter in 2000 and 2012, via a standard seven category checklist. Fourteen resorts, 2 urban, 11 village, 15 rural 3 remote, were graded, A to D. A grade beach numbers changed from 5 to19; B, 27 to 24; C, 9 to 2; D, 4 to 0, many beaches maintaining their current status. Assuming trend continuance within the next 12 years, the A:B grade ratio would approach equilibrium of 44:56, with no grade C or D beaches. Recreational litter was ubiquitous; fishing materials prevalent along Cardigan Bay. New water treatment plant investment reduced sewage related debris. Despite apparent increased awareness of beach litter, improving visitor behaviour through information/education should be a future priority. Removing a few gross items could improve beach grades at little cost to local authorities and benefits to the Welsh economy. Keywords: Beach litter; Wales; Public recreation; Markov model

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]]> https://oneearth-oneocean.com/research/2014/from-a-millennium-base-line-to-2012-beach-litter-changes-in-wales/feed/ 0 Washed up, a 1970s yoghurt pot: Item among 25 tonnes of rubbish cleared off UK beaches in four day blitz https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2014/washed-up-a-1970s-yoghurt-pot-item-among-25-tonnes-of-rubbish-cleared-off-uk-beaches-in-four-day-blitz/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2014/washed-up-a-1970s-yoghurt-pot-item-among-25-tonnes-of-rubbish-cleared-off-uk-beaches-in-four-day-blitz/#respond Sat, 26 Apr 2014 20:51:13 +0000 http://www.oneearth-oneocean.com/kb/?p=541 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2599350/Washed-1970s-yoghurt-pot-Item-25-tonnes-rubbish-cleared-UK-beaches.html Washed up, a 1970s yoghurt pot: Item among 25 tonnes of rubbish cleared off UK beaches in four day blitz ? Yoghurt pot, dating back to 1970s, found on beach in Teignmouth, Devon ? Among 25 tonnes of rubbish cleared off UK beaches in a four-day blitz ? Lettering remains clear on pot, which was bought 40 years ago for 11p By BEN SPENCER PUBLISHED: 00:43 GMT, 8 April 2014 | UPDATED: 08:29 GMT, 8 April 2014

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]]> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2599350/Washed-1970s-yoghurt-pot-Item-25-tonnes-rubbish-cleared-UK-beaches.html Washed up, a 1970s yoghurt pot: Item among 25 tonnes of rubbish cleared off UK beaches in four day blitz ? Yoghurt pot, dating back to 1970s, found on beach in Teignmouth, Devon ? Among 25 tonnes of rubbish cleared off UK beaches in a four-day blitz ? Lettering remains clear on pot, which was bought 40 years ago for 11p By BEN SPENCER PUBLISHED: 00:43 GMT, 8 April 2014 | UPDATED: 08:29 GMT, 8 April 2014

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]]> https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2014/washed-up-a-1970s-yoghurt-pot-item-among-25-tonnes-of-rubbish-cleared-off-uk-beaches-in-four-day-blitz/feed/ 0 Huge haul of waste washed up on Cornwall’s beaches includes a plastic chicken https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2014/huge-haul-of-waste-washed-up-on-cornwalls-beaches-includes-a-plastic-chicken/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2014/huge-haul-of-waste-washed-up-on-cornwalls-beaches-includes-a-plastic-chicken/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:07:24 +0000 http://www.oneearth-oneocean.com/kb/?p=462 http://www.cornishguardian.co.uk/Huge-haul-waste-washed-Cornwall-s-beaches/story-20922469-detail/story.html Huge haul of waste washed up on Cornwall's beaches includes a plastic chicken By DaveCDM | Posted: April 07, 2014 Bizarre items including Lego pieces, a TV set and a plastic chicken are among the tonnes of litter washed up on our beaches, a massive coastal clean-up exercise has revealed. Activists ? highlighting the mounting crisis of plastic pollution ? collected a staggering 25 tonnes of marine litter from beaches around Britain, including a record haul in North Cornwall, with supporters bagging the weight equivalent of 833,333 one litre plastic bottles. Green campaigners in the region say the vast amounts of discarded packaging floating around the world?s seas and oceans is a growing threat to marine animals who are regularly washed up dead with stomachs full of plastic. Also among the vast collection of deadly flotsam were of sea-themed Lego pieces washed off a container ship in 1997, a TV set and a plastic chicken in Perranporth. Surfers Against Sewage (SAS), the Cornish campaign group who co-ordinated the operation, has described the sheer scale of the pollution as ?jaw dropping?.

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]]> http://www.cornishguardian.co.uk/Huge-haul-waste-washed-Cornwall-s-beaches/story-20922469-detail/story.html Huge haul of waste washed up on Cornwall's beaches includes a plastic chicken By DaveCDM | Posted: April 07, 2014 Bizarre items including Lego pieces, a TV set and a plastic chicken are among the tonnes of litter washed up on our beaches, a massive coastal clean-up exercise has revealed. Activists ? highlighting the mounting crisis of plastic pollution ? collected a staggering 25 tonnes of marine litter from beaches around Britain, including a record haul in North Cornwall, with supporters bagging the weight equivalent of 833,333 one litre plastic bottles. Green campaigners in the region say the vast amounts of discarded packaging floating around the world?s seas and oceans is a growing threat to marine animals who are regularly washed up dead with stomachs full of plastic. Also among the vast collection of deadly flotsam were of sea-themed Lego pieces washed off a container ship in 1997, a TV set and a plastic chicken in Perranporth. Surfers Against Sewage (SAS), the Cornish campaign group who co-ordinated the operation, has described the sheer scale of the pollution as ?jaw dropping?.

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