Marinet Special : Plastic in the Ocean
Awareness is growing of the huge, grave problem that plastic pollution of the ocean has created. We provide here a selection of articles and research reports published during the last 12 months (2017) which cover this “environmental crisis”, now considered by many to be as serious as climate change. These articles address not just the problem, but the possible solutions and, above all, the action we need to take — see Marinet’s new film.
“Plastic pollution is a crisis comparable to climate change”, say US scientists
Plastic pollutes remote uninhabited Pacific island
Plastic pollutes islands in the Arctic circle
4 Views on the Ocean Plastic problem, and possible solutions
UK Parliament committee recommends deposit return scheme for plastic bottles
Discovery of marine fungus which “eats” plastic
UK Government to explore taxation as a means of preventing plastic pollution of the ocean
Animals in the deepest ocean are ingesting waste plastic
Petition of 1/4 million signatures for plastic returnable bottle deposit scheme hits Downing Street
Think Before You Drink… water from plastic bottles
Microplastics in fish need to be monitored say scientists
Plastic from tyres is a “major source”of ocean pollution says IUCN
Worldwide petition to tackle plastic pollution of the oceans
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