Marine Litter Report

UNEP calls for global ban on pointless thin film plastic bags

This is an excellent report that I came across on via the Resource Recovery Forum (an excellent organisation itself). The report's findings indicate that despite several international, regional and national efforts to reverse marine pollution, alarming quantities of rubbish thrown out to sea continue to endanger people's safety and health, entrap wildlife, damage nautical equipment and deface coastal areas around the world. It states that some of the litter, like thin film single use plastic bags which choke marine life, should be banned or phased-out rapidly everywhere-there is simply zero justification for manufacturing them anymore, anywhere. The first choice is the reusable bag where appropriate (not perhaps for dog mess!) Onya make brilliant silk bags that unfold into shopping bags but easily fit into a pocket or handbag. Other than that, we can always make the choice of a bags made from renewable materials such as corn starch, like our BioBag Dog bags. Just think of the reduction in petroleum-based plastic bags if most dog owners changed to compostable bags!