Ocean Cleanup set to tackle tonnes of plastic in Indonesia river
International non-profit project, Ocean Cleanup, has signed a new agreement with government departments to remove tonnes of plastic from...
Marine pollution news
Marine pollution is a pressing issue which all boat owners, sailors and water lovers want addressed. It’s a large and complicated sprawl of pollution ranging from micro-plastics, through oil to sewage with many more culprits in the mix. With abandoned fibreglass boats on the rise, the top UK plastic polluter (seemingly Coca-Cola) sponsoring the 37th America’s Cup, the number of serious water pollution incidents in England ‘unacceptably high’ and continued reports of pollution incidents across the world, what can be done?
UK announces £1.6bn water pollution plan
The UK has pledged to try and clean up its act, announcing a new £1.6 billion plan to reduce...
Microplastics in global oceans rise tenfold to 171 trillion pieces
A new scientific study has found that there are now 171 trillion pieces of plastic estimated to be floating...
Video: Stranded yacht leaking fuel in Maui nature reserve
A luxury motor yacht which grounded on rocks and reef in Maui on Monday (20 February 2023) has leaked...
Airbnb co-founder donates $25m to The Ocean Cleanup
The Ocean Cleanup – an international non-profit project developing and scaling technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic...
Japan to release a million tonnes of radioactive water into the ocean
Japan has revealed plans to release more than a million tonnes of wastewater from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power...
‘Dirty secrets’: water companies are dumping sewage in dry weather, report reveals
Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) has released its 2022 Water Quality Report, which uncovers potential illegal sewage discharges, as well...
Oil terminal dumps toxic wastewater on rare Egyptian ‘super coral’
As world leaders gathered in Egypt for COP27 to discuss climate change, an oil terminal is reportedly dumping toxic...
VIDEO: Outrage as ‘raw sewage’ pumped into water at Cornish beach
Update: South West Water initially confirmed it had allowed a storm overflow to run into the water at St...
Half of UK’s litter can be traced to 10 brands, survey finds
More than half of all identifiable litter in the UK can be traced back to just 10 brands, according...
Sewage dumped into English waterways 372,000 times in 2021
New data released by the Environment Agency reveals that water companies dumped sewage into English rivers, lakes, estuaries and...
