Plastic Pollution Initiative

​In February 2017 (see our archive on this page) we wrote about plastic pollution.  We use plastic everywhere, and much of it finds its way into the oceans, causing marine life untold problems.  As an example, - Scientists at Ghent University in Belgium recently calculated people who eat seafood ingest up to 11,000 tiny pieces of plastic every year.

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Now at last is a welcome initiative from the U.K. to tackle plastic pollution in its various forms. The yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur has no small part to play in this, and more details of this initiative can be found here.  One significant benefit, we hope, is that poor countries will no longer be used as dumping grounds for plastic waste from elsewhere. ​