Oceans

The government’s new Waste and Resources strategy – what does it mean?

Posted by Alice Hunter - 19th December 2018
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Yesterday the government published their long-awaited Waste & Resources strategy – a massive document stating how they are going to deliver on the promises they made in the 25 Year Environment Plan regarding reducing waste and ending throwaway culture in the UK. We’re all well aware of the plastic pollution… Read More

9 ways to reduce your plastic use at Christmas

Posted by Alice Hunter - 10th December 2018
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It’s December, the season of twinkling lights, wrapping up warm and eating your own body weight in chocolate. But it’s also the time of year when plastic packaging goes into overdrive. Even if you manage to avoid buying plastic presents, supermarkets and other retailers bombard us with plastic… Read More

Festive #PointlessPlastic

Posted by Alice Hunter - 6th December 2018
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Nets of satsumas, sprouts bagged in plastic and Christmas puddings wrapped in shiny plastic layers – as the festive season approaches, our supermarket shelves start to groan with even more excessive plastic packaging than usual. Most of us like to indulge in festive treats at this… Read More

Black plastic: what’s the problem?

Posted by Alice Hunter - 23rd November 2018
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Black plastic is one of the most problematic forms of plastic you can find on supermarket shelves – but what makes this microwave meal tray favourite so bad? Any plastic food packaging that’s designed to be used once and then thrown away is not good news… Read More

Why it’s a good idea to protect our underwater kelp forests

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 20th November 2018
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A kelp forest on Treshnish Isles, Scotland.

The Scottish Government has just announced it will block controversial proposals for a new industry into Scotland’s coastal waters – mechanical kelp dredging. But why do we care about kelp anyway? Kelp is the biggest and most abundant seaweed around our coasts. It’s found in cold seas around the world,… Read More

How did your supermarket score in our new plastic league table?

Posted by Elena Polisano - 15th November 2018
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With company plastic packaging pledges popping up all over the shop since Blue Planet 2, we wanted to cut through the confusion by ranking UK supermarkets in a plastic league table. So back in May we partnered with the Environmental Investigation Agency… Read More