Our Disposable Age

How many of the christmas presents you have received have you used once, and then placed at the back of the cupboard for a rainy day, only to throw them away years later? We are living in an age where, more often than not, we use something once and then discard it because the next...

Are microfibres a mega problem?

I sat down with Cordelia Roberts, recent Marine Biology and Oceanography graduate from Plymouth University, to talk about her remarkable research on plastic microfibres in the ocean. The topic of her study is very timely and she is aiming to publish her results in a high ranking journal. What are microfibres? “Microfibres are a fibrous...

How is Plymouth City Council leading the way to Plastic Free Plymouth?

Britain’s Ocean City, along with its economy and history, has been shaped the ocean. Plymouth City Council have noticed that a huge amount of damage is being done by the plastic pollution that currently circulates in every part our ocean. The council believes that this is unacceptable. On the 29th January 2018, it announced that...