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    All aboard the biggest UK-wide beach litter pick

    • August 22, 2017

    The Great British Beach Clean seeks thousands of volunteers

    Credit: eXXpedition

    All-female crew embark on Round Britain sail to raise awareness of plastic pollution

    • August 8, 2017

    A round-Britain sailing expedition is setting sail from Plymouth today with an all-female crew on board, ready to sample UK waters for plastic pollution

    Plastic rubbish

    Environment Secretary pledges action on ocean plastics

    • July 24, 2017

    Environment Secretary Michael Gove has pledged action to reduce plastic waste choking our oceans as he set out his ambition for the UK to lead the world in environmental protection.

    The Ocean Cleanup’s Pacific Cleanup will start in 2018

    • June 16, 2017

    The Ocean Cleanup is to start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months.

    One of many hundreds of crabs that now make their homes out of plastic debris washed up on Henderson Island, this particular item is an Avon cosmetics jar. Credit Dr. Jennifer Lavers

    Huge volume of plastic discovered on remote Pacific Island

    • May 17, 2017

    Henderson Island, one of the world’s most remote islands in the South Pacific, has been found to be littered with an estimated 37.7million pieces of plastic.

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