PlasticFreeRhyl retweeted
#BREAKING: @CocaColaCo’s plastic use is expected to grow to 9.1 BILLION pounds per year by 2030, according to Oceana’s latest report. As the #1 plastic polluter in the world, Coca-Cola needs to change its ways & address its plastic problem now.
Read more: oceana.ly/4j0Ki3F
We try not to be political, but this guy is a 🤡
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2k5… – at Rhyl, Wales
Worrying – at Rhyl, Wales
BBC News - How Loch Long became a magnet for Scotland's plastic waste - I've just listened to your post on Instagram this evening @LessWasteLaura and news such as these really hit home! ♻️🌱
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp82…
PlasticFreeRhyl retweeted
Pre 1989 Coca Cola can found today in the undergrowth now it's all died vack for winter. Detachable ring pull and full thick aluminium so not rotted.
This ... 🫣
97% of UK beaches surveyed in 2023 were polluted with drinks-related items🥤🌊
This plastic bottle, picked up on a stunning beach in the Scottish Highlands, highlights the urgent need for a #DepositReturnScheme - It's time to protect our coasts and marine life🌍
Let's turn the tide on waste together. #DepositReturnScheme #StopPlasticPollution #ProtectOurBeaches
Over £85bn into shareholder pockets, rather than reinvested into improving the system. #EndSewagePollution
DONATE TO OUR CEO YACHT FUND*🛥️💰
*not that you have a choice
#endsewagepollution
*£85bn+ that could have gone into improving our sewage system. Instead gone into the pockets of chief executive officers and shareholders.
xitter.cf/sascampaigns/status/18… – at Rhyl, Wales
PlasticFreeRhyl retweeted
From your tea to your clothes, to your food, plastic is infiltrating our lives.
The future of our planet depends on our actions today.
Together, let's #BeatPlasticPollution: go.undp.org/Jkf
via @UNDP
PlasticFreeRhyl retweeted
Today, the naming of London’s Overground lines officially begins. But why are the names important? I’ve met & interviewed Londoners behind each: from footballers to nurses, campaigners to historians. Hear the voices that matter on @TfL podcast #MindTheGap: madeby.tfl.gov.uk/2024/07/08…
PlasticFreeRhyl retweeted
A @KeepBritainTidy poll shows 70% of UK adults agree ‘Black Friday’ promotes “excessive consumption” of goods, with half agreeing it contributes to landfill waste.
Join #BuyNothingNewDay to learn how to change shopping habits & support local charities: buff.ly/4fr6J06
PlasticFreeRhyl retweeted
🚨 Since we called for a public inquiry, an even better opportunity to reform the water system has come up.
The Water (Special Measures) Bill is our chance to influence reform of the water system and #endsewagepollution. Here's how YOU can help 🔗👉 pulse.ly/hdks9chrvt
PlasticFreeRhyl retweeted
🧪💩🤑 A toxic cocktail of pollution, mismanagement & greed has turned our rivers, lakes and seas into a danger to our health and the environment.
📢✊ Join us on the 26 Oct as we #MARCHFORCLEANWATER pulse.ly/ctehcpxskp
#EndSewagePollution #Floodthestreets
#RhylBeachClean number 178! And a beautiful day for it. Beach is busy too! #LoveRhylBeach
Our latest #RhylBeachClean is live now! If you're near the @KiteSurfCafe , pop over and say 'hello'! #LoveRhylBeach – at Rhyl, Wales
PlasticFreeRhyl retweeted
Some homework for @NatResWales non-exec directors.
I’m sensing a “Post Office” story evolving here.
Chemical dumps and cheap landfill opportunities will come to haunt our environmental regulator.
Are they even monitoring for some of this stuff.
bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m001h…
PlasticFreeRhyl retweeted
Great to have the various pledges all in one place 🙂
🧾 Ahead of the General Election political parties are announcing their manifestos including their commitments to end sewage pollution. We are gathering their policy commitments as they are announced here 👇 pulse.ly/lik0eb1rft
#EndSewagePollution #CutTheCrap #VoteOcean
PlasticFreeRhyl retweeted
Wye Salmon collapsed by 95%
Usk Salmon collapsed by 96%
Salmon on the Tâf, Teifi, Towy, Cleddau etc expected to be extinct within a decade
Here’s the data from @NatResWales
There is no plan to change this trajectory: tinkering, summits, handwringing but not an outcome insight!
Populations of migratory fish, such as salmon & trout, have plummeted by 81% globally. Blockages such as dams, preventing fish from travelling upriver to spawn, toxic mining waste, diverting water for human use are among the key drivers of decline.
theguardian.com/environment/…
I suspect whoever drank this #SmartWater and then dumped it on the sand probably needs gallons more of the stuff 🫣
#LoveRhylBeach – at Rhyl, Wales
