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Marine litter: National Litter Strategy, OSPAR & Microplastics, EU Circular economy, Scottish deposit return project & ‘Seabin’

Articles in this collection include: Government announce a national litter strategy OSPAR Partnership on eliminating micro-plastics in the marine environment EU Circular economy Scotland to Research Further Into Deposit Return Schemes Seabin – device for collecting marine litter from enclosed areas 1. Government announce a national litter strategy Eventually … Government responds The measures were […]

Government announce a national litter strategy

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Eventually … Government responds The measures were announced as part of the government’s response to a select committee report on littering. Defra & Decc ‘The government will launch a national clampdown on litter louts to liberate the country from trash and protect our neighbourhoods from becoming rubbish dumps. Communities Minister Marcus Jones and Environment Minister […]

Microplastics in cosmetics: Cosmetics Europe calls for phase out to 4,000 members

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Cosmetics Europe calls for much needed phase out of microplastics Click here to read more Marine Conservation Society ‘Environmental NGOs welcome the call from Cosmetics Europe to its 4,000 members to phase out the use of damaging microplastics in wash-off cosmetic and personal care products. These tiny plastic particles are found in face scrubs, shampoos, shower gels […]

The Impacts of Wet Wipes: Taking Action – UK beaches & US Class Action

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Wet wipes are causing problems both in the UK – on our beaches http://www.mcsuk.org/press/view/618 as well as for water authorities in the US where they are causing damage to pumps and blocking pipes. In the US they are taking legal action against the manufacturers to address the problem (LINK). See Below On UK Beaches Charlotte […]

Litter – Reports – CLG HoC Committee & Beaches MCS – No surprise it ends up in the rivers and sea

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Litter – Scathing Assessment – Communities and Local Government Committee Report CLG House of Commons Committee ‘We take no satisfaction in it but the evidence of our own eyes, the photographs tweeted to us, and the evidence we took during this inquiry lead us to the conclusion that England is a litter-ridden country compared […]

Ocean Plastic Litter Update: Land to sea, Deep sea, A Solution

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Recently there have been a number of reports and papers on the sheer scale of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans http://cmscoms.com/?p=2789 ; recently more work has been published including: Plastic waste from land to sea – A paper in Science estimating levels in the world oceans http://www.sciencemag.org/content/347/6223/768.abstract Dr Lucy Woodhall, was the lead author […]

Marine Litter – Beachwatch 2013 Results Published

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MCS: ‘The Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) 20th Beachwatch Big Weekend Results have been launched. In over two decades 3080km of coastline have been cleaned by our thousands of dedicated volunteers, and whom provide vital information on the state of litter found at our beaches across the UK. The results from this year follows the worrying […]