Posts By: Alice Hunter

A deposit return scheme for Scotland?

A truckload of plastic waste enters our oceans every minute. When I first heard this statistic I couldn’t believe it. But the evidence is all around us – from tiny microbeads in our toothpaste to images of seabirds with stomachs full of plastic. Plastic pollution is out of control. Read More

Alice Hunter - 11th November 2016

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Microbeads – What does a ban look like?

On Wednesday this week, the Environmental Audit Committee released a report calling for microbeads to be banned. But what does an effective ban look like? The ban in the US, whilst signalling a huge step forward, is riddled with loopholes. To protect our oceans from these polluting plastics, we need… Read More

Alice Hunter - 26th August 2016

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Baby fish are hooked on plastic junk food

Today brought yet more evidence that putting plastic in the ocean is probably not the best idea humankind has ever had. Scientists from Uppsala University in Sweden have discovered that fish larvae born in microplastic-laden waters were “smaller, slower, and more stupid” than those that hatched in clean waters. Read More

Alice Hunter - 3rd June 2016

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Three ways you can tell Sainsbury’s to drop John West!

We’ve sent thousands of emails, hundreds of tweets and inundated their Customer Service phone line with calls – but Sainsbury’s still won’t speak out against unsustainable fishing. They seem to think that if they ignore us we’ll go away – but that’s not going to happen. Tesco and Waitrose have… Read More

Alice Hunter - 31st May 2016

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An open letter to the Heathrow 13 from Emma Thompson and Alastair McGowan

Dear Heathrow 13, As long-standing opponents of a third runway at Heathrow, we want to express our support and solidarity to you all. Recently, hardly a month has gone by without a new temperature record being broken, fresh floods bringing misery to communities across the UK, or yet another study… Read More

Alice Hunter - 24th February 2016

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