Plastic pollution

Yr Wyddfa's aim to be first plastic-free mountain
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Wales
Posted
20 April 2023
Swans use plastic rubbish from water for nests
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Wales
Posted
5 April 2023
100 times more microplastics in UK water since 2017
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Newsround
Posted
30 March 2023
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Rowers find record levels of ocean microplastics. Video, 00:01:16
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Posted
29 March 2023
Seafront sculpture aims to cut plastic pollution
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Tyne & Wear
Posted
25 March 2023
Clean up of nurdle-polluted nature reserve
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Posted
18 March 2023
Could waste plastic become a useful fuel source?
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Business
Posted
14 March 2023
Oceans littered with 171 trillion plastic pieces
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Science & Environment
Posted
8 March 2023
Litter pickers fill 200 bags clearing up lakes
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Coventry & Warwickshire
Posted
7 March 2023
How tech is being used to take on ocean plastic
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Technology
Posted
27 February 2023
Volunteers take part in two-mile coastal clean-up
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Somerset
Posted
19 February 2023
KS1 Geography: Oceans - The problem with plastic pollution in oceans and seas
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BBC Teach
Posted
9 February 2023
Single-use plastic ban comes early for traders
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Oxford
Posted
7 February 2023
5 Live Science Podcast. Can a chatbot be a good broadcaster? Audio, 53 minutes
Science news and we find out if an AI chatbot is any good as a broadcaster!
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BBC Radio 5 Live
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Decades-old plastics pulled from the sea. Video, 00:01:29
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Humberside
Posted
26 January 2023
'I'm working hard to reduce single-use plastic' Video, 00:01:48
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Posted
26 January 2023
Human skull found during beach clean
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Cornwall
Posted
24 January 2023
Video shows scenic Balkan river filled with waste. Video, 00:00:53
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Europe
Posted
21 January 2023
Glass bottles excluded from deposit return plans
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Science & Environment
Posted
20 January 2023
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Business Daily. The nappy problem. Audio, 18 minutes
Nappies are one of the biggest contributors to plastic waste - we look the alternatives.
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BBC World Service
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The man who first discovered plastic in the ocean. Video, 00:03:14
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Stories
Posted
15 January 2023
5 Live Science Podcast. All aboard 'Boaty McBoatface' Audio, 51 minutes
We go aboard RRS Sir David Attenborough, which could have been named 'Boaty McBoatface'.
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BBC Radio 5 Live
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Takeaways face plastic ban in October
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Science & Environment
Posted
14 January 2023
Witness History. Plastics in oceans. Audio, 9 minutes
In 1971 Edward Carpenter discovered plastic floating about in the Atlantic Ocean
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BBC World Service
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