How many times have so many of us said it – stop littering! End plastic!? So many websites and well known organisations have shown photos and footage of the devastating suffering caused by litter and fishing paraphernalia, for so many years. And, though many good people work hard to campaign, educate and do the actual cleaning up, there is no change in the practice of producing more single-use plastic. The government has made no effort to actually stem the tide of new plastic production. Our plastic waste, collected by people with good intentions, continues to cross the globe for recycling, regardless of the discovery years ago that much of it will end up in the ocean. Why isn’t the government forcing snack companies to stop using plastic? Why isn’t the government setting up recycling facilities in this country so that we can deal safely deal with our own waste? What hope is there for wildlife if they don’t?

Pleeease write to your MP and ask them to support the The Plastic (Recycling, Sustainability, and Pollution Reduction) Bill which is going through Parliament at the moment. Thank you.