30 Apr 2024

The UK’s bottle deposit and return scheme (DRS) has faced yet another delay, pushing its launch back to October 2027, four years later than originally planned. The BBC has reported that the delay was primarily attributed to disagreements between the UK and Welsh governments over whether to include glass in the scheme. Prolonged negotiations Initially, […]

21 Nov 2023

Boat owners in the Dee Estuary are being invited to engage with plans to help tackle the issue of abandoned derelict vessels which are at risk of releasing harmful pollutants into the environment. Derelict and abandoned boats around the Welsh coast cause extensive problems in marine protected areas through issues such as loss of habitat […]

22 Nov 2022

Thousands of pieces of plastic debris from all over the world have washed up on a remote South Atlantic island, according to conservationists. Litter found on the south-western coast of Ascension Island has been traced back to countries including China, Japan and South Africa, they say.     The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) team […]

18 Oct 2022

Two per cent of all fishing gear used worldwide ends up polluting the oceans, new research finds. To put that into perspective, the amount of longline fishing gear littering the ocean each year can circle the Earth more than 18 times.     Researchers as CSIRO, the Australian government’s scientific research centre, found that 740,000km of […]

04 Oct 2022

The Marine Litter Strategy for Scotland was first published in 2014 and serves to co-ordinate action on marine litter throughout the whole of Scotland. The updated Strategy will build on this positive work, with action planned on sewage-related debris, plastic pellets, and fishing and aquaculture gear.     The Scottish Government has published the refreshed […]

30 Aug 2022

The Marine Conservation Society is calling for volunteers across the UK to join them at the coast for a week of beach cleaning and litter surveying throughout the country in September, Oceanographic magazine reported. Last year, volunteers collected over five tonnes of litter, with an average of 3.85 items found for every metre of beach surveyed across the UK. “We wouldn’t […]