Twice a year, EIA Ocean campaigners join the Clean Shipping Coalition delegation at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) on the River Thames, once for the Sub-Committee on Pollution, Prevention and Response (PPR) and once for the Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC). This week, we join the 84th meeting of the MEPC in London. Inside the […]
Plastic pollution has now been found in Antarctic sea ice, which has far-reaching consequences for the health of the planet and underlines the need for a global treaty the tackle it
With the legal responsibility to protect the natural environment of England, The Environment Agency could be doing a lot more to tackle the second largest source of marine microplastic pollution – plastic pellets. Pellets are the raw material of the entire plastics industry and are melted and moulded into every plastic product in existence. These […]
Of all the sea-based sources of marine plastic pollution, the most common, and also the most harmful, is lost and discarded fishing gear, also referred to as ‘ghost gear’