Ocean Archives - Page 4 of 6 - Plastic Generation

Indian Ocean Island clean up to take place after Flip-Flop found in poo of endangered turtle

February 27, 2019

A shocking video and news story today showed further devastation caused by plastic waste. The video of the suffering turtle highlights the impact we're having on our marine life on one island in particular. ...

Great British Beach Clean 2019

Sarah Bedwell

February 19, 2019

Environment, Events, Ocean

Make an effort this September to take part in one of the events that form the Great British Beach Clean. Running throughout September 2019, you can help rid a local or favourite beach of waste. Ongoing for ...

Coffee pods ‘live’ longer in our oceans than sea turtles

Sarah Bedwell

February 18, 2019

Environment, Ocean, Packaging, Wildlife

Endangered green sea turtle

Indonesia faces tough battle to clean up its rivers

Juan Askew

February 18, 2019

Environment, Ocean, Packaging

It is an alarming fact that nearly 90% of all plastic polluting our oceans comes from just 10 rivers around the world. After China, Indonesia can boast of some of the most horribly polluted rivers in the world...

Win £1million by creating an alternative to single-use plastic

Sarah Bedwell

February 11, 2019

Business, Ocean, Packaging

A competition launched by Sky Ocean Ventures and National Geographic offers a massive financial prize to anyone able to find ways to save the oceans from plastic pollution. The prize for the best suggestion...

El vino did flow: plastic-free wine range launches in Scotland

Dan Walsh

February 11, 2019

Business, Ocean, Packaging

Wine drinkers in Scotland can soon get their hands on their favourite bottle of wine and help marine life at the same time, thanks to a plastic-free range of wine from new brand Sea Change. Entirely plastic-f...

Scientists warn the bacteria that glues plastic together could be a bigger threat to sea life

Dan Walsh

February 4, 2019

Environment, Ocean

According to new research, a greater threat to the ocean's sea life could be deadly bacteria that sticks to plastic under water. It is feared that these clusters are being mistaken for food. Researchers ha...

RSPCA: animals under threat more than ever before from plastic pollution

Dan Walsh

February 4, 2019

Environment, Ocean, Society

The affect plastic is having on animals has been laid bare by a new report from the RSPCA today. Incidents involving animals are now at an all-time high, in new data analysed from 2015 to 2018. The report ...

Study finds 100% of marine life washed up on British shores had ingested plastic

Dan Walsh

January 31, 2019

Ocean, Packaging, Society

A truly shocking study has revealed that 100% of marine life - dolphins, seals and whales - washed up on British shores had ingested plastic. Out of the 50 animals across 10 different species were analysed, sc...

Mussels Struggling To Survive Because Of Microplastics

Juan Askew

January 30, 2019

Environment, Ocean, Wildlife

Microplastics are affecting the ability of mussels to attach themselves to their surroundings which is having a devastating impact on ocean ecosystems, according to a new study. The study was led by Dr Danniel...