Hydenlyne Support Ocean Cleanup
EAGE EXHIBITION 3-6 June 2019
April 12, 2019
SEG EXPOSITION 15th – 20th SEPTEMBER 2019:
September 10, 2019Hydenlyne Support Ocean Cleanup
Along with our recent Chesil Beach cleanup we also saw the news reporting that Glastonbury are going plastic free. This was praised by Sir David Attenborough
this weekend.
With Ocean clean up being on the minds of not just music goers but scientist too
We were interested in seeing IAGC Marine Debris & Ghost Net Initiative in the news.
In summary the report provides some mind blowing statistics.
- About 8 million tons of plastic enters the ocean each year.
- Studies found at least one million seabirds and one hundred thousand marine mammals die each year due to plastic pollution.
- Plastic pollution causes at least $13 billion in damage each year to the fishing, shipping and tourism industries.
- US West Coast states alone spend $500 million each year to clean this debris from their beaches.
Read it in full here:
https://www.iagc.org/ghost-net-initiative.htm