War on Plastics Opening Scene Highlights Waste Plastic Levels in the Oceans 2019-07-09 13:25:22 RVS Trucks Featured in Fake Dumping of Plastics in the Sea for BBC Series Refuse Vehicle Solutions Ltd supplied the trucks for the fake dumping in the sea of tonnes of plastic waste for the BBC1 series War on Plastic. read more ...
Unifi Announces New REPREVE Our Ocean Product Offering 2019-06-13 09:27:57 New Sustainable Fiber from Bottles at High Risk of Entering the Ocean North Carolina based recycled fibre specialist, Unifi, has launched a new sustainable product dubbed REPREVE Our Ocean which is made from bottles collected within 50 kilometres of coastlines in countries or areas that lack formal waste or recycling systems. read more ...
Surfers against Sewage Recognise Property Firm’s Plastic Waste Efforts 2019-06-07 11:19:40 Canary Wharf Secures Plastic Free Community Status Canary Wharf Group, has been awarded Plastic Free Communities Approved status by marine conservation charity Surfers against Sewage in recognition of its work to reduce single-use plastic at Canary Wharf. read more ...
Bottles, Food Packaging & Cigarette Butts Major Plastic Waste Pollutants 2019-04-08 14:00:48 Report Identifies Top 10 Plastic Pollutants in Europe’s Rivers & Lakes The top 10 types of consumer plastics polluting European freshwater lakes and rivers have been identified in a new report from Earthwatch Europe and Plastic Oceans UK. read more ...
Plastic Oceans and Breathe Conservation Join Forces 2019-03-01 13:04:39 VIDEO: Record Breaking 65 km Swim Around Easter Island to Highlight Plastic Pollution Two global non-profit organisations dedicated to solving plastic pollution have launched a campaign to raise awareness about the issue which will see world record breaking endurance athlete swim the 65 km circumference of Easter Island. read more ...
Problem Six Times Bigger than Great Pacific Garbage Patch 2019-02-01 11:55:02 Draft EU Law to Tackle Micro Plastic Waste The EU could ban the use of microplastics and microbeads in all products using its powerful chemical laws under a draft bill tabled this week. read more ... No Cost-Benefit Analysis Conducted for Alternatives 2018-12-21 11:59:55 EuPC: EU Proposal on Single Use Plastics Will Not Cut Plastic Waste in the Oceans EU politicians have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory with its Directive on the reduction of certain types of single-use plastic packaging, according to trade association EuPC read more ... Waste Free Oceans Commences Plastics Remediation Action in the Azores São Miguel Island Pilot Project to Remove Plastic Waste from Coast 2018-10-18 17:26:20 Waste Free Oceans Commences Plastics Remediation Action in the Azores In collaboration with the Swiss watch firm, Baume, on Monday, 15 October, Waste Free Oceans started a plastic waste remediation action on São Miguel island, the biggest island in the Portuguese Azores archipelago. read more ... JCB Excavator Cleaning Up Tourist Litter 2018-08-13 13:04:19 VIDEO: MB Screener Recycling Beach Waste in Oliva, Spain Oliva, a small town in the south of Valencia, Spain, is using a screener mounted on a JCB excavator to remove waste, litter and debris from beach sand which is then recycled on site for the redevelopment of a the park. read more ... Plasma Technology to Clean the Seas and Store Hydrogen 2018-08-02 14:52:36 Ocean Polymers’ New Venture Seeks Recycling Investment in Arabian Peninsula British recycling technology company, Ocean Polymers, has launched a commitment to develop partnerships with companies which invest in technology and recycling infrastructure to advance the circular economy within the Arabian Peninsula read more ... Helistrat partners with Premier Marinas to Tackle Plastic Pollution in the Seas 2018-06-28 13:05:07 Seabins Keeping Plastic Waste Out of the Oceans in Port Solent To help tackle marine plastic waste and raise the profile of The Seabin Project, Portsmouth, UK based environmental consultancy and contract manager, Helistrat, has installed two Seabins in Premier Marinas’s Port Solent and Gosport marinas read more ... Mikko Paunio: How the Recycling Industry has added to Marine Plastic Litter 2018-06-28 11:10:22 BLOG: Save The Oceans – Stop Recycling Plastic Only a small fraction of plastic recovered from consumers is actually recycled: the material collected is dirty and so mixed up that most recovered plastic is simply burned or dumped: on land, in rivers, or even directly in the oceans. read more ...
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