Several large coffee chains are offering incentives to customers using their own re-usable takeaway cups.įast food giant McDonalds is phasing out its plastic straws and trialling paper ones instead – which they will put behind the counter for diners to request.
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The BBC said it will end its use of disposable plastics by 2020, scrapping plastic cups and cutlery by the end of this year and stripping plastic from canteens next year, with a trial coffee cup recycling scheme also introduced. The tides are beginning to turn in the war against plastic
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Source: BioBasedWorldNews Blue Planet II: The tides are turning in the war against plastic Filming for the series took place over the course of more than four years involving 125 expeditions across 39 countries producing more than 6,000 hours of underwater dive footage from over an estimated 4000 dives. The team also spent time focussing on how tiny plastic particles ( micro-plastics) now play a role in the uptake of industrial pollution in marine life, contributing to high levels of chemical contamination in large predators, as in pilot whales. I saw a dead leatherback turtle that died from entanglement in fishing rope” said Sarah Conner, assistant producer on the programme. “I have seen dead birds with their legs entangled in plastic bags, so they could have died from not being able to feed or fly.
Fortunately this turtle was able to escape with the help of a camera man, but most animals are not so fortunate. It included shocking footage of a hawksbill turtle getting caught up in a plastic sack. So profound was the effect on the team that they devoted the final episode of the series, shown at the end of 2017, to how plastic affects sea creatures.
Unfortunately, the team behind the programme say there was rarely a time when filming that they didn’t come across plastic in the sea. The past few months has seen a steady stream of positive news stories from the UK relating to how business is responding to growing sustainability questions, and it all seems to have been kick-started by a BBC nature documentary series.īlue Planet II has probably done more to highlight the issue of plastic in our oceans to the public than anything else.įilming took place over the course of more than four years involving 125 expeditions across 39 countries producing more than 6,000 hours of underwater dive footage from over an estimated 4000 dives. A Wave Of Single-Use Plastic Bans Has Hit The UK! The 'Blue Planet Effect' has hit the UK - let's hope it spreads throughout the whole world! Source: Facebook/1MillionWomen Blue Planet II has done more to highlight the issue of plastic in our oceans than anything else
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