Links
A list of other organizations that are great sources of information about plastic pollution.
All the plastic you can and cannot recycle
www.bbc.comMost people are trying their best to recycle plastic - but the many different ways in which recycling is collected by different councils across the UK has left them confused.
How plastic pollution is affecting seals and other marine lifen
www.worldanimalprotection.org.ukMicroplastics, abandoned fishing gear and other plastic pollution are among our biggest environmental threats. It’s hurting sea animals and making them sick.
Surfers Against Sewage
www.sas.org.ukSurfers Against Sewage is a national marine conservation and campaigning charity that inspires, unites and empowers communities to take action to protect oceans, beaches, waves and wildlife.
Plastic Pollution Coalition
www.plasticpollutioncoalition.orgPlastic Pollution Coalition is a growing global alliance of individuals, organizations, businesses, and policymakers working toward a world free of plastic pollution and its toxic impacts on humans, animals, waterways and oceans, and the environment.
A Running List of Action on Plastic Pollution
www.nationalgeographic.comThe world has a plastic pollution problem and it’s snowballing—but so is public awareness and action.
Each year, an estimated 18 billion pounds of plastic waste enters the world’s ocean from coastal regions. That’s about equivalent to five grocery bags of plastic trash piled up on every foot of coastline on the planet.
Turning back the plastic tide
www.bbc.co.ukThe UK uses an astonishing 13 billion plastic bottles every year. 700,000 are littered, blighting our streets, rivers, shores and building up in the sea where they are choking marine life. The Environmental Audit Committee, published this report following its enquiry into disposable packaging. It is calling for a deposit return scheme for plastic bottles, improved access to free drinking water, and charging companies more for producing plastic that is difficult to recycle. Read our report
The BBC has set out seven charts that explain the plastic problem
www.bbc.co.ukMarine life is facing "irreparable damage" from the millions of tonnes of plastic waste which ends up in the oceans each year, the United Nations has warned.
"This is a planetary crisis... we are ruining the ecosystem of the ocean," UN oceans chief Lisa Svensson told the BBC this week.
Clean Seas have launched a 'turn the tide on plastic' campaign
www.cleanseas.orgUN Environment launched #CleanSeas in February 2017, with the aim of engaging governments, the general public, civil society and the private sector in the fight against marine plastic litter.
Over the next five years, we will address the root-cause of marine litter by targeting the production and consumption of non-recoverable and single-use plastic.
Spain has joined the United Nations' initiative to tackle marine plastic litter
www.energylivenews.comSpain has become the 32nd country to join the UN’s initiative to tackle marine plastic litter.
The government officially announced its support to the Clean Seas campaign, which aims to turn the tide on plastic by inspiring action from governments, businesses and individuals.