jumpstart Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 https://theconversation.com/why-ocean-pollution-is-a-clear-danger-to-human-health-152641 Next time you buy a plastic bottle of water or juice.......just remember this beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Went to one of the more remote beaches on Coll, and it had some of the worse plastic polution I've ever seen. I guess due to the lack of people and it's remoteness combined with tides it caught ocean plastic, but rarely if ever got cleared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpstart Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 Another day ... another beach full of waste.... https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/5/balis-beaches-blighted-by-rubbish-washed-in-by-the-tide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John52 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Apparently UK doesn't have the facility to process all our plastic bottles. So we ship them to another third world country where they chuck them in the river. :-S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brugge Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 John52 - 2021-02-06 4:36 PM Apparently UK doesn't have the facility to process all our plastic bottles. So we ship them to another third world country where they chuck them in the river. :-S Now Britain is another 3rd world country l suppose China, Malaysia and the Philippines will be sending it back to Britain to be disposed of, ( thrown in the sea. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpstart Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 John52 - 2021-02-06 3:36 PM Apparently UK doesn't have the facility to process all our plastic bottles. So we ship them to another third world country where they chuck them in the river. :-S Actually the uk recycles 77% of plastic bottles . This article shows what we do. https://www.bpf.co.uk/sustainability/plastics_recycling.aspx If we each refuse to buy things in plastic then supermarkets will be forced to change. Morrisons are particularly bad, nearly all fruit is in plastic....even bananas for gods sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpstart Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/2708/production/_105029990_plasticexportsnew-nc.png This shows how much used to be sent to other countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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