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Micro plastics are finding their way into the food we eat. Tests have shown that 83% of the world’s tap water is contaminated with plastic particles, affecting billions of people. It’s estimated that people who eat seafood consume thousands of tiny plastic fragments of plastic in a year and a recent report estimated that a single portion of mussels could contain up to 90 plastic particles. Micro plastics are found in up to 80 per cent of mussels taken from British beaches according to research by King’s College London who sampled four beaches in Kent.
It’s not just the fish we eat and the water we drink, plastics are working their way up the food chain in every way and it will take years for us to fully realise the consequences of this disaster. The Government seems to at last be taking this seriously and has announced a 25 Year Environment Plan.
Commenting on the PM speech and publication of the 25 Year Plan, Tanya Steele, CEO of WWF, said:
“The tidal wave of coffee cup, plastic bottle and other plastic waste needs action now. We want to see an end of single use plastics by 2025. If we wait until 2042 we’ll see more plastic than fish in our oceans. We urgently need to stop things like plastic
wrapped cucumbers and coconuts, ban cling film
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and straws and help consumers reduce plastic consumption where it is clearly unnecessary.” Iceland has become the first to take positive steps, by announcing that they will be replacing plastic with packaging including paper, pulp trays and paper bags, which would be recyclable through domestic waste collections or in-store recycling facilities by 2023. Let’s hope that many others follow suit swiftly.
The World Wildlife Fund is one of the world’s largest independent conservation organisations, with more than five million supporters and a global network active in more than one hundred countries. Through their engagement with the public, businesses and government, they focus on safeguarding the natural world, creating solutions to the most serious environmental issues facing our planet, so that people and nature thrive.
SOUTH AFRICAN FUR SEAL WITH PLASTIC AROUND NECK
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