Ocean Archives - Page 5 of 6 - Plastic Generation

Are beach clean ups a useful solution towards plastic pollution?

January 29, 2019

I always try and pick up plastic on beaches and I love seeing other do the same. There are many organised beach clean ups organised around the UK and the number seems to be increasing. I’m sure that watching T...

Government bans plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds

Sarah Bedwell

January 29, 2019

Business, Government, Ocean, Society, Wildlife

The proposed plan laid out in October 2018, aims to remove the harmful plastic waste elements - potentially saving our wildlife and waterways. The figures for use of these products annually in England alon...

Proposed Ban by European Union on Deliberately Added Micro-Plastics

Juan Askew

January 28, 2019

Environment, Ocean, Packaging

Plastic microbeads can no longer be used in cosmetics and personal care products in the UK – the ban came into effect in 2018. The ban initially barred the manufacture of such products and a ban on sales follo...

The plastic shelled crabs of Okinawa

Sarah Bedwell

January 25, 2019

Environment, Ocean, Packaging, Wildlife

The amount of plastic waste products in the oceans today is highlighted in a series of shocking photographs. Hermit crabs using bottle caps as shells in Okinawa showcase how wildlife is adapting to the huge am...

New York Governor Cuomo wants to ban single-use plastic bags

Dan Walsh

January 23, 2019

Government, Ocean, Packaging

This week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has made a commitment to driving forward plans to become the second US state to ban single-use plastic bags. In proposals, Cuomo is including this commitment in his 20...

Lost your golf ball? Perhaps Alex Weber Has Found It On The Seafloor.

Juan Askew

January 23, 2019

Environment, Ocean

Alex Weber, a free-diver based in California, has spent the last 2 years collecting golf balls that she and her Father discovered, littering the seafloor in the waters near Pebble Beach Golf Course. She notice...

MPs: government needs to stop seas becoming a “sewer”

Dan Walsh

January 18, 2019

Environment, Government, Ocean

A group of cross-party MPs have urged the government to create a new global alliance tasked with protecting the seas. With plastic pollution set to treble in the next decade, according to environmental aud...

A Rubbish Bin In The Ocean? Meet Seabin

Juan Askew

January 16, 2019

Environment, Ocean, Packaging, Tech

A very pertinent question. If we have rubbish bins on terra firma to help us collect our waste, why can't we have them in our Oceans? This was the idea behind the Seabin project. Andrew Turton and Pete Cegl...

How Deep Is Your Plastic? Mariana Trench Deep..

Juan Askew

January 16, 2019

Environment, Ocean, Wildlife

The level of plastic pollution in our Oceans is well documented. We are bombarded with images of huge areas swamped by plastic debris, beaches and islands covered in mountains of the stuff and even seabirds an...

Choose Water: the ethical water startup with an eco-friendly water bottle made from paper

Dan Walsh

January 11, 2019

Business, Ocean, Packaging

We love reporting on companies that are creating new ways to tackle the plastic crisis facing us all across the globe. In the case of Edinburgh-based Choose Water, this is no different. Choose Water has cre...