The UK’s biggest co-ordinated clean-up event, with almost 4,000 volunteers picking up rubbish over 11,000 miles of coastline, has revealed something surprising about what’s clogging up our beaches. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
Marine conservation charity Surfers Against Sewage say almost two thirds of all branded packaging pollution can be traced back to just 12 companies.
We report from Newquay in Cornwall.
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I’m from Sweden and we have had a bottle and can deposit scheme for decades since cans and plastic bottles started. Thanks for fixing this as a lot of your littering end up on the beautiful west coast of Sweden…a must see video about this… https://youtu.be/5qLnf6nF0Mg
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Here Are The Most Powerful Actions You Can Take As An Individual:
1- Use less fossil fuels: drive less, fly less, isolate your house, use less plastic
2- Eat less (or no more) meat/fish and drink and eat less dairy products
3- Stop buying disposable items
4- Sort your waste. If you can, start a compost.
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6- Shop with reusable containers
7- Buy local and seasonal food
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9- Reduce your online presence to what is useful or necessary
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11- Boycott brands that have a poor environment policy
12- Vote accordingly, put pressure on your representatives, support or join a transition initiative or an activist movement.
13- Pass the word around you !
14- Support sustainable brands( But be aware of #greenwashing)
15- Don’t support Fast Fashion Brands Like H&M,Zara,Lifestyle, etc
16- Use eco friendly products as much as possible and buy organic food.
It’s not too late and each of us can start making a difference today. Don’t underestimate your own power.
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Sure they’re manufactured by said firms but it’s the consumer whose ultimately responsible for dumping it in the 1st place
Supermarket car parks should include bottle banks/tin bins/plastic waste units.
Perhaps a portion of company profits should be mandated to promote recycling, including bins and collections from them.