by Abriel | Oct 17, 2018 | 2018, Life Below Water, What Inspires You?
A group of migrant workers spent their Saturday at the beach at Pasir Ris Park. But instead of relaxing there, they will be cleaning it up – for free. In a post on its Facebook page on Wednesday, non-governmental organisation Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2)...
by Abriel | Apr 26, 2018 | 2018, Life Below Water
Researchers warned of a “troubling” accumulation of microplastics in sea ice floating in the Arctic ocean, a major potential source of water pollution as global warming melts the sheets of frozen water. A team from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar...
by Abriel | Jan 18, 2018 | 2018, Life Below Water
Supermarkets are coming under growing pressure from politicians and campaigners to reveal the amount of plastic they create, and pay more towards its safe disposal, following a Guardian investigation. Amid mounting concern about the devastating environmental impact of...
by Abriel | Jan 16, 2018 | 2017, Life Below Water
The EU is waging war against plastic waste as part of an urgent plan to clean up Europe’s act and ensure that every piece of packaging on the continent is reusable or recyclable by 2030. Following China’s decision to ban imports of foreign recyclable material,...
by Abriel | Jan 9, 2018 | 2018, Life Below Water
UK bans on making products with microbeads — tiny plastic particles in everything from cosmetics to shampoo and toothpaste — in an effort to protect marine life. “The world’s seas and oceans are some of our most valuable natural assets. I am determined we...
by Abriel | Nov 3, 2017 | 2017, Life Below Water
According to the data published by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), there has been a dramatic rise in the amount of litter, especially plastic, found on the seabed around Britain. Tim Farron, a Liberal Democrats spokesman on the...
