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The plastic shelled crabs of Okinawa

January 25, 2019

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...

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...

Broadcaster Sky joins forces with UK government to combat plastic waste

Dan Walsh

January 11, 2019

Business, Environment, Government, Ocean, Society

Following on from its recent support of swimmer Lewis Pugh’s ‘The Long Swim’, an initiative to generate awareness about the need to clean the world’s oceans, major broadcaster Sky is now teaming up with the UK...

Good Riddance To The Microbead Scourge

Juan Askew

January 7, 2019

Environment, Ocean, Wildlife

Plastic microbeads can no longer be used in cosmetics and personal care products in the UK, after a long-promised ban came into effect in 2018. The ban initially barred the manufacture of such products and a b...

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