Plastic on beach articles
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Fury as cans, glass, plastic bottles unwanted beach toys and used nappies are littered on popular beach after hottest weekend of the year so far
Litter picker Dave Taylor spent hours cleaning up Weymouth Beach in Dorset. He found hundreds of plastic bottles, inflatable kids toys and nappies. What state was YOUR local beach left in after the hottest weekend of the year? Email [email protected] or [email protected]
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Beach wildfire strikes Pacific Beach State Park
Fire District 8 rapidly extinguished the blaze, but several acres of grass were destroyed
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The only way to end plastic pollution is by limiting how much plastic we produce
An international agreement to end plastic pollution is due to be sealed this year in Busan, South Korea. At the penultimate round of negotiations, held in Ottawa, Canada, Rwanda and Peru proposed a target to cut the weight of primary plastics produced worldwide by 40% by 2040, compared with 2025. This is the first time that a limit on the production of plastic has been considered at the U.N. talks aiming to develop an international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution. Of the...