Saturday 14 November 2009

Plastic litter on UK beaches

Dear all

44.30 minutes into Autumnwatch 2009, Episode 7, Chris Packham and Kate Humble confirm what Oban Plastic Bag Free! have been clamouring for: abolish plastic bags, and significantly reduce the use of plastic in general.

Chris Packham: "We think that 100,000 mammals die every year because they are ensnared by pieces of plastic. And those are just those the ones we find on the beach. Imagine how many more there are out at sea!"

It is said that the average fulmar has got 30 pieces of plastic inside it.

Kate Humble: "As plastic breaks down it becomes the size of plankton and enters the food chain."

To watch the programme, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ny9ct – you have 13 days left to watch, i.e. approx. until 26 November 2009.

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