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A GOOD IDEA - PERHAPS NOT?

A new plastic that breaks down in salt water into reusable molecules has been created. Do we need to ask - with so much plastic in the oceans, is this really a good idea - for marine life and for our health?

VARIOUS OTHER SOURCES

Plastics

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PEOPLE CAN STOP THIS

Plastic pollution is killing seabirds - with 10-15% of their body weight found to be ingested plastic. Research shows a small number of companies are responsible for the plastic in our oceans. So what's to do?

THE GUARDIAN

Plastics

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BRAKES ON BUILDING - UNTIL…

And the gov't blames the councils - the councils blame the gov't. Is it time perhaps that the people take charge of them both - just to sort out the problem only the people can sort out?

BBC

Land

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SEA POLLUTION IS SCARY!

The level of pollution in the sea has reached a scary level. It's only when you see stories like this one - and those in the documentary "A Plastic Ocean" that we become aware. The People could change this!

BBC

Sea

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SO MUCH CRAP IN OUR WATER

Thank goodness there are people with a passion to care for our environment. It should be the regulators - but it isn't. Is it time to appoint the passionate to do what they're best at - for all our sakes?

THE GUARDIAN

Rivers