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Negotiations officially underway to achieve far-reaching global plastic treaty. The UK Government attended the first negotiations meeting in Uruguay for a global plastics treaty. The UK Government attended the first […]
A truly plastic neutral fishery. The Azores tuna fishery leads the industry by cleaning the ocean, removing more than 1000 times more plastic from the ocean than lost through their […]
Israeli coastline is contaminated with over two million tons of microplastics, researchers discover. A new Tel Aviv University study conducted in collaboration with the Mediterranean Sea Research Centre of Israel […]
New pollution prevention advice for fishing communities. The Environment Agency has released guidance setting out how port and harbour managers can protect marine life by responsibly managing resources and waste. […]
The Environment Agency has released guidance setting out how port and harbour managers can protect marine life by responsibly managing resources and waste from fishing vessels. A new leaflet outlines […]
Microbes don’t descend with plastic particles into the deep-sea. Research has shown that microbes on floating plastic particles can be transported over long horizontal distances. New research carried out by […]
Hitch-hiking viruses can survive on microplastics in freshwater, new study finds Scientists have proven for the first time that viruses can survive and remain infectious by binding themselves to plastics […]
Plastic rubbish is everywhere and now broken-down microplastics have been found in variable concentrations in blue mussels and water within the intertidal zone at some of southern Australia’s most popular […]
Ocean plastic is creating new communities of life on the high seas. Coastal plants and animals have found a new way to survive in the open ocean—by colonising plastic pollution. […]
Message in a bottle – ocean plastic exacerbating climate change. Study tracking movement of plastic bottles in the ocean sheds light on the dangerous interaction between ocean plastic and climate change. […]
Maritime rope could be adding billions of microplastics to the ocean every year, study suggests. The hauling of rope on maritime vessels could result in billions of microplastic fragments entering […]
UK helps Sri Lanka in marine pollution expertise. Following the X-Press Pearl container vessel fire that started in May and raged for 12 days, the UK Government is providing marine […]
Call for Amazon to reduce plastic to save the oceans At Amazon’s recent annual general meeting (AGM), 35.5% of the company’s shareholders voted for a resolution to require the e-commerce […]
Fish have been swallowing microplastics since the 1950s. Forget diamonds — plastic is forever. It takes decades, or even centuries, for plastic to break down, and nearly every piece of […]
Mayor to Lead Plastic Bottle Battle – The new Mayor of London must lead the way on ocean health by solving the city’s single-use plastic water bottle problem, states the […]
Ocean plastic simulator now covers New Zealand’s entire coastline. An advanced ocean plastic simulator first launched in 2019 can now track the movement of virtual plastic pollution along New Zealand’s […]
Fishers from Scotland to Sweden take on net cuttings pollution. With the fish-buying public increasingly concerned about plastic pollution, European fishermen are stepping up action to reduce their impact on […]
Annual flow of plastic into oceans could triple by 2040. A new analysis by The Pew Charitable Trusts and SYSTEMIQ finds that without immediate and sustained action, the annual flow […]
European sea bass absorb virtually no microplastic in their muscle tissue – In a new laboratory study, experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) investigated […]
Pacific oysters microplastics study shows they may not contain as many as previously thought. Plastic pollution is an increasingly present threat to marine life and one which can potentially impact […]
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