Plastics
To check what can and what can't go into your blue wheelie see Oxford City Council website
UK Recycling Association Recoup has no idea how to cope with plastic waste - BBC News, 1 January 2018
How much plastic does the UK send to China? BBC News 2 Jan 2018
Six simple ways to cut back on plastic
BBC Newsbeat 11 Dec 2017
To check what can and what can't go into your blue wheelie see Oxford City Council website
UK Recycling Association Recoup has no idea how to cope with plastic waste - BBC News, 1 January 2018
How much plastic does the UK send to China? BBC News 2 Jan 2018
Six simple ways to cut back on plastic
BBC Newsbeat 11 Dec 2017
Plastic in birds' stomachs leaves no room for food
BBC news article, 23 June 2018
BBC documentary "Drowning in plastic"
BBC news article, 23 June 2018
BBC documentary "Drowning in plastic"
Huge concentrations of microplastic fragments' are building up in the sea ice of the Arctic, BBC News, 8 Feb 2018
Plastic microbeads, found in many (but not all) facial scrubs/foams/creams and toothpastes, pass through water treatment systems and pollute waterways and the sea. They can be ingested by marine life, which mistakes them for food particles. They can also leach out phtalates (used to soften plastics), which are known to disrupt the body's hormones. Detecting ocean microplastics - method found by Warwick University, 27 Nov 2017 Plastic fibres found in tap water around the world The Guardian, 6 Sept 2017 Earth is becoming 'Planet Plastic' BBC News, Science & Environment, 19 July 2017 4,000 plastic bottles were removed from the Thames in 1 month in 2016 Trillions of bits of plastic are littering Arctic waters, New York Times, 19 04 2017 Swedish researchers say young fish eat plastic like teenagers get addicted to fast food, BBC News 3 June 2016 |
Attempts to tackle the problem
David Attenborough - plastics - Blue Planet II: The Clean-up BBC June 2018 UK to ban microbeads Evening Standard, 21 July 2017 Returnable deposit scheme for drinks bottles and cans proposed BBC News, 28 March 2018 (4,000 plastic bottles were removed from the Thames in 1 month in 2016) Plastic-eating waxworm might help tackle global pollution Daily Telegraph, 24 April 2017 More on plastic-eating caterpillars from The Economist 25 April 2017 Edible 'bubbles' for water might solve one plastic problem 13 April 2017 More on water bubbles/balls |