Oceans Archive

Jul 10, 2019 Plastic Waste and Environmental Health

Posted at 10:19h In Articles, Environment Well-being, Letter from the President, Oceans, Sustainability/Biodiversity, WellBeing News, Wildlife in Water - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

In May of this year, the EU adopted new rules on single-use plastic items and plastic fishing gear to reduce marine plastic waste. According to the press release, there is a growing sense of urgency among EU citizens about the need to stop plastic pollution...

Feb 27, 2019 Plastics In The Ocean

Posted at 12:31h In Articles, Oceans, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

As the global production of plastic items explodes, plastic debris and waste are accumulating across the planet’s oceans. A 20-fold increase in plastic production occurred between 1964 and 2014, and the rate of production continues to increase (see figure: 407 million tonnes in 2015, 302...

Jan 30, 2019 Plastics – Environmental Protection

Posted at 13:07h In Articles, Oceans, WellBeing News, Wildlife in Water - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

Many readers are likely already aware of the threat of plastic pollution to the environment, especially plastic in the world’s oceans. This issue has built rapidly in the last few years and there are several new NGOs launched in the last few years that focus...

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Oceans Archive

Jul 10, 2019 Plastic Waste and Environmental Health

Feb 27, 2019 Plastics In The Ocean

Jan 30, 2019 Plastics – Environmental Protection

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