British beaches have been left looking like a 'plastic war zone' after the worst wave of pollution in four years was washed up in the wake of Storm Eleanor. The Cornish coast has been covered with plastic debris, broken fishing nets , pieces of Lego and everything from plastic straws ...
A supermarket giant has come under fire for selling 'organic' coconuts wrapped in plastic packaging. Sainsbury's was berated after a picture of the coconut, which comes with a cardboard stand for better presentation, plastic ring pull and straw, was posted on Twitter. The Genuine Coconut costs £3 in store - ...
The planet's oceans are choking on plastic. Despite plastic bag usage falling by 85 per cent following the introduction of the 5p charge, leading packaging industry figures oppose a tax on single-use plastic packaging. The final episode of BBC's Blue Planet II aired tonight, highlighting the terrible impact man-made plastic ...
A large plastic pollution clean up has collected 15 tonnes of plastic off the coast of the Russian Arctic Ocean in a single day. The shocking discovery, made on the coast and sea off Murmansk, North East Russia, which was previously considered to be one of the globe's most pristine ...
More than one million of the new plastic £10 banknotes celebrating author Jane Austen have entered circulation. The new tenner is the first Bank of England note with a tactile feature to help blind and partially-sighted users. People queue outside the Bank of England in the City of London this ...
Campaigners from 38 Degrees and Surfers Against Sewage beach a boat made from thousands of plastic bottles outside Parliament. This is part of a 250,000 strong petition hand-in that asks the government to introduce a small, refundable deposit on all plastic bottles, glass bottles and cans. Chief executive of surfers ...
The RSPCA are hunting a cruel thug who shot dead a fox - with a PLASTIC ARROW. The animal was discovered by a member of the public with the arrow sticking out of his back left leg on Sunday (6/6). The charity were called but when the officer arrived at ...
A terrified woman called in experts after finding a tarantula the "size of her hand" in a cupboard at home -- only to discover it was a PLASTIC TOY. The spooked out unnamed mother spotted the eight-legged creature in the understairs cupboard while cleaning it out. In a panic, she ...
Man has produced more than 9.1 BILLION tonnes of plastic since the 1950s - but just nine per cent has been recycled, according to a new study. And, If current trends continue, the researchers warned more than 13 billion tons of plastic waste will be discarded in landfills or dumped ...