From The Age this morning: The majority of coastal debris in Australia is from Australian sources, not the high seas, the report says.[..] We found that 43 per cent of seabirds have plastic in their gut. Globally, nearly half of all seabird species are likely to ingest debris, eating everything from balloons to glow sticks, industrial plastic pellets, rubber, foam and string.[..] The surveys found that about three quarters of the rubbish along the cost is plastic, and that local measures such as the South Australian bottle refund program can be effective to stop plastic pollution reaching the water.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 20:46:20 +0000
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