Sea turtles eat rotting plastic in ocean ‘because it smells like food’
Floating plastics quickly build a coating of algae and microorganisms that smells edible to the marine reptiles, reveals new research
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Tesco to scrap plastic-wrapped multipacks
The retailer will roll out the move on all own-branded and branded canned food products from March 2 to meet environmental targets.
Shocking pics reveal how sea kelp off British coast are growing through plastic bottle caps
Rob Stevenson, from Padstow, Cornwall, co-founder of the Beach Guardian initiative, said this illustrates the plastic problem
Shocking pics show stag’s antlers wrapped in mass of discarded plastic
The managed to make it a mile up from the shore despite the plastic being tangled round his back leg and antlers
Heartbreaking pics show injured seal with plastic stuck round neck as RSPCA cut it free
The young female seal, called Flowerpot, was found on Horsey beach in Norfolk with a large plastic object around her neck which was clearly causing her pain.
Plastic waste could be converted into lubricants or cosmetics
Scientists have found a way to turn single use plastics into valuable liquids used in commercial products
All female crew of 300 women will take part in round the world sail to raise awareness of plastic pollution
They are due to set sail from Plymouth tomorrow
Drug user has bemoaned abandonment of plastic straws – because he’s unable to use paper ones to snort cocaine
The bizarre complaint was made by a man in his 20s to a refuse collector in London who was emptying a commercial recycling bin
People ‘ingest 50,000 tiny bits of plastic every year through food and drink’
Researchers found that bottled water may be one of the biggest sources of the microparticles - which may endanger health.