EU takes a step towards ending its harmful plastic waste exports – but still has some way to go
The three big institutions of the EU have today (17 November) agreed to a timetable to end polluting exports of plastic waste to some countries
Tag: oceans
EIA podcast – why can’t we rely on technology to clean the oceans of our plastic waste?
The terrible scale of our planet’s plastic pollution crisis has been making headlines in recent years, as have a number of apparent technological solutions to the problem – but can we really rely on physical ocean clean-ups to sort out the mess for us?
EIA podcast – what to expect as we enter round three of talks for a Global Plastics Treaty
EIA’s Ocean campaigners were among the first to spot the rising crisis of plastic pollution and we’re proud to have helped lead the call for a new Global Plastics Treaty to tackle it. This month we’ll be in Nairobi to attend the third session of the UN’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee working out the detail.
New report finds marine plastic pollution clean-up technology is not all it seems on the surface
Our latest report highlights the damaging impacts of ‘quick fix’ ocean clean-up technologies.
As 42 pilot whales die, new report debunks claims of whale and dolphin hunters in Faroe Islands
In the wake of the latest Faroe Islands drive hunt on Friday that saw the killing of 42 more pilot whales, a new report by EIA UK and its partners challenge claims that annual Faroese drive hunts are humane, sustainable and an integral part of local culture
Iceland’s last whaler harpoons himself in the foot as EIA debunks his irrational climate claims
A ‘ludicrous’ attempt to justify the killing of endangered fin whales by claiming their slaughter will help Iceland achieve its climate goals has been debunked by EIA’s Ocean experts