Plastics

9 ways to reduce your plastic use

Posted by Alice Hunter - 1st August 2017
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We’ve all seen the headlines about the huge environmental problems caused by single-use plastics. Governments and corporations have a responsibility to take action – but what can we do to cut down our personal plastic footprints? Here’s our 9 top tips: 1. Carry a… Read More

Microbeads – We won!

Posted by Louisa Casson - 21st July 2017
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Today is a big day: we’ve won our microbeads campaign! The UK government just proposed the strongest ban on microbeads in the world to date. This is great news for our environment and a positive sign of Britain’s global leadership on ocean plastics. We still need to keep an… Read More

Plastic facts keep getting scarier

Posted by Louisa Casson - 20th July 2017
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The Rainbow Warrior surrounded by giant plastic packaging on the Med

How much plastic has been made in the last 60 years, and where has it ended up? Researchers have just finished an in-depth look into the “Production, Use and Fate of All Plastic Ever Made” – and the findings are as huge as that epic titles suggests. We’ve… Read More

If you care so much, Coke, why aren’t your bottles 100% recycled?

Posted by John Sauven - 13th July 2017
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Coke bottle found on a beach clean in Mull, Scotland
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Coca-Cola’s grand announcement on plastic packaging is a lot of PR fizz. But when you look at the detail, it’s all a bit flat. The news that the company is to increase the amount of recycled plastic in its bottles to 50% shows a startling lack of… Read More

Coke are still choking our oceans: Our response to Coca-Cola’s PR spin

Posted by Fiona Nicholls - 12th July 2017
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Coke Bottles Found on Beach Clean Mull Scotland
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People power works. Over 90,000 of us have emailed the bosses of Coca-Cola saying enough is enough, and after 3 months of pressure from Greenpeace, Coke is finally realising the risk that ocean plastic pollution is posing to its brand. This morning Coca-Cola made an announcement in response to all… Read More

“Plastic pollution is everywhere. It was on every beach we surveyed.”

Posted by Tisha Brown - 11th July 2017
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Crew from the Beluga II survey a beach called Shell Inlet on the Isle of Lewis in the outer Hebrides.
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Below is the transcript of a speech given by John Paterson, a member of Greenpeace Inverness who joined the Beluga expedition on the land team. My name is John Paterson. I am a non-practising Marine Biologist who has always had an interest in the sea and has supported… Read More