Five simple solutions to Michael Gove’s plastic problem – UK

Five simple solutions to Michael Gove’s plastic problem – UK

Posted on August 8, 2017 by DrRossH in Plastic & Wildlife

The scale of plastic pollution plaguing our oceans is alarming. Eight million tonnes of the stuff is being lost to the sea each year. At least 136 species of marine life are affected by plastic ent…

Source: Five simple solutions to Michael Gove’s plastic problem

With less than two per cent of plastics addressed by actions so far, more action is clearly needed and Mr Gove has said he is looking for solutions. He announced an exploration of “new methods of reducing the amount of plastic – in particular plastic bottles – entering our seas.”

We think the answers are already here. And that they are simple. At the beginning of the year we published an infographic that highlighted the scale of the problem.

Lets hope a Container Deposit Scheme is next in line for implementation as this would stop a lot of plastic from getting into the ocean.