Saturday, 9 June 2018

Sidmouth Plastic Warriors > the go-to resource on plastics issues

Sidmouth Plastic Warriors are heading the bid to make Sidmouth 'plastic free':
Futures Forum: Make Sidmouth plastic free > meeting Wednesday 20th June > press release

Their website takes us into what's happening in Sidmouth:
Sidmouth Plastic Warriors – Doing everything in our power to get Sidmouth single-use-plastic-free

But their social media takes us way beyond, for example: 

Denise Bickley shared Sky Ocean Rescue's post.
Sky Ocean Rescue
Sir David Attenborough has told Sky News that "The human race will regret it if we don't act on plastic now" #PassOnPlastic
Broadcaster David Attenborough tells Sky News that damage to oceans is not irreversible - but the world needs to take action now.
NEWS.SKY.COM
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Paul Foster shared a link.
"It is becoming increasingly evident that global contamination of the marine environment by microplastic is impacting wildlife and its entry into the food chain is providing a pathway for the waste that we dispose of to be returned to us through our diet," Professor Jeanette Rotchell.
Tiny pieces of plastic and other debris have been found in all mussels sampled from around the UK coast and supermarkets, researchers have said.In samples of wild…
AOL.CO.UK

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Sidmouth Plastic Warriors public group | Facebook

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  1. Replying to 
    Any chance could do a piece about the dangers of ? Well-meaning people and charities send damaging into the environment and don't recognise that "biodegradable" isn't the same thing as harmless.
  2. 8million tonnes of plastic end up in our oceans each year What are you doing this to beat plastic pollution?

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