Ocean Plastic Crisis Summit
On 20 February 2018, Artists Project Earth presented the Ocean Plastics Crisis Summit.
The event was held at the Royal Geographical Society in London.
Hosted by Roger Harrabin, BBC Environment Analyst
With the following speakers:
Bianca Jagger - President,...
Prevention at source
Currently there are no available tools to collect and clean up the accumulation of micro-plastic fragments in the open oceans. Prevention at source is therefore the key action to take in order to reduce...
Coral reefs face infection risk from plastic
Scientists have established yet another hazard from the millions of tons of plastic waste that tip into the sea: it delivers microbial infection to the world’s coral reefs.
When plastic pollutants snag on coral reefs, the likelihood...
Where do ocean plastics come from?
The increase in the use of plastic worldwide correlates with increasing incomes, growing economies and rising consumption in fast-growing emerging markets, compounded by under-developed waste management systems in these countries. There are 192 coastal...
What do oceans plastics consist of?
Of the 8 million tons of plastic that enters the world’s oceans every year, 80% originates from land-based everyday post-consumer waste leakage, such as plastic bags, yoghurt pots, toothbrushes, plastic bottles, cigarette lighters, plastic...
The effects of oceans plastics
The Convention on Biological Diversity in 2012, counted 663 species affected by marine debris. Nearly 90% of the impacts were associated with plastic debris and about 15% of the species affected through entanglement and...
Innovation
In response to the growing concern over this alarming scenario, many individuals, community groups, businesses and governments have initiated a range of programmes to direct attention to the problem and to attempt to slow...
Legislation
Legislation
The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter, 1972
Also known as the London Convention, this is one of the first global conventions to protect the marine environment...
International Action
The dire situation of marine plastic pollution calls for strong and immediate action to boost current initiatives and fill the gaps in local, national and international preventative measures to reduce the rate at which...
National Action
National Action: to halt the leakage of waste to oceans from coastal nations
The topics of waste management and waste reduction also need to be tackled at national levels in each coastal country so that...