Plastic pollution: ‘We’ve lost the battle on the beaches’
After four years of leading volunteer beach cleans in the west of Wales, Alan Cookson is quitting because of the insurmountable plastic problem around Britain’s coastlines. We join him as he leads his last beach clean to find out why he believes we need to change our approach in the fight against plastic pollution
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Post Series: United Kingdom
- 1.100 years of nature conservation
- 2.Costing the earth
- 3.Tour of London’s Recycling Centre
- 4.Lancashire Community ‘Put Their Bodies On the Line’ to Protest UK Fracking Site
- 5.UK: MP Caroline Lucas in court for opposing fracking
- 6.How to Reduce Air Pollution
- 7.Eco-homes: Living the good life
- 8.H2O Farm on BBC’s Countryfile
- 9.Wind Power: The Truth
- 10.The Problem With Renewable Energy (and how we’re fixing it)
- 11.Cruising: A Dirty Secret
- 12.The British Countryside after Brexit
- 13.Wildlife-Friendly Motorways
- 14.The Growing Season
- 15.Litter
- 16.The Environment after Exit
- 17.Britain Disconnected
- 18.River Quality
- 19.Coast: 50 Years of Change
- 20.The Brixton Soup Kitchen Helping The Homeless
- 21.Can plastic roads help save the planet?
- 22.Zero Waste BABY BAG!! // Out & About with Frida
- 23.WHAT’S IN MY BABY CHANGING BAG – MINIMALIST/ ZERO WASTE / MUM OF 2
- 24.Dispatches: Breadline Kids (Documentary) – Real Stories
- 25.Britain’s Hidden Hungry (full episode)
- 26.Professor Green: Living In Poverty UK
- 27.Breadline Britain: The job of Mum
- 28.Eco-friendly funerals: Six feet greener
- 29.Tour of London’s Recycling Centre
- 30.The story of waste management in the UK
- 31.Britain’s Homeless In Winter | Girls Living On The Streets Of Brighton
- 32.Nigerian sex slavery in the UK | Ross Kemp Extreme World
- 33.Ross Kemp Britains Child Sexual Exploitation
- 34.Recycling for Kids
- 35.Viva! & Sky News: Happy Eggs Farms Exposed
- 36.Glastonbury 2011 – Recycling Bins
- 37.Recycling Team at Glastonbury
- 38.Glastonbury 2011 – Creative Recycling
- 39.Eco-Friendly Tips for Festival Goers | Annie Clarke | Mind Body Bowl
- 40.Leeds Festival 2016 Homeless Clean Up (Salvage day)
- 41.Is there hope for conservation? | James Borrell | TEDxQMUL
- 42.A polar bear has been born in the UK for the first time in 25 years
- 43.Super Smart Dolphin Answers Questions | Extraordinary Animals | Earth
- 44.Freddy & Flora’s Quest for Fairness – Fair Trade teaching resource for preschool children
- 45.How It’s Made: Paper recycling
- 46.HOW IT WORKS – Computer Recycling
- 47.BBC Documentary – A World Without Down’s Syndrome
- 48.60 Minutes: Right or wrong (New Down’s syndrome screening) Australia
- 49.Leavitt Bulldog starring in Saving the British bulldog
- 50.10 Ways Zero Waste Living Changed My Life
- 51.ULTIMATE BEGINNERS GUIDE TO ZERO WASTE! P.1
- 52.ULTIMATE BEGINNERS GUIDE TO ZERO WASTE! P.2
- 53.10 TIPS TO REDUCE (Y)OUR WASTE IN 2018
- 54.10 Easy Ways To Reduce Waste In 2018 | ZERO WASTE
- 55.A Sea Otter’s life – Big Blue Live: Episode 2 – BBC One
- 56.A beautiful day for dolphins – Scottish Dolphin Centre
- 57.Full story of Hywind Scotland – world’s first floating wind farm
- 58.Watch the World’s First Floating Wind Farm Ride the Waves | National Geographic
- 59.Wind Turbine Tour
- 60.Plastic-eating enzyme could fight pollution
- 61.An Island made from plastic bottles by Richart Sowa
- 62.How Plastic Bottles Are Recycled Into Polyester
- 63.Bill Gates is backing the waterless toilet of the future
- 64.In Vessel Composting – What happens to my food and garden recycling?
- 65.6 THINGS TO DO THIS EARTH HOUR! | Kate Arnell
- 66.Material Girl – Why I Choose Organic | Kate Arnell
- 67.MY ZERO WASTE MAKEUP KIT | Starting over | Kate Arnell
- 68.Who Gives A Crap – the best toilet paper EVER! Here’s why…| Kate Arnell | AD
- 69.MY ZERO WASTE CLEANING KIT || Kate Arnell
- 70.RANDOM THINGS I QUIT BUYING | Kate Arnell
- 71.Mooncup – A Zero Waste Time-of-the-Month | Kate Arnell
- 72.Bea Johnson: “Zero Waste Home” | Talks at Google
- 73.B Corp in the UK
- 74.The Launch of the UK B Corporation movement
- 75.Disgusting ‘Fatberg’ Found In London Sewer | World Beneath Our Feet | Earth Lab
- 76.Should our railways be renationalised? – BBC Newsnight
- 77.Bring Back British Rail: Meet the group who want to renationalise UK railways
- 78.David Attenborough on what it was like to film with the Queen for new ITV documentary | ITV News
- 79.20 highlights from The Queen’s Green Planet that showed why David Attenborough and her Majesty
- 80.The Queen’s Green Planet
- 81.The Queen’s Green Planet | Prince Harry Visits St Lucia | ITV
- 82.The Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy – Showcase Video
- 83.The Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy
- 84.Prince Harry unveils The Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy dedication
- 85.The Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy Initiative launched at Buckingham Palace
- 86.Forest projected on Buckingham Palace for conservation initiative
- 87.Baby Okapi Starts to Explore
- 88.The Homeless Period
- 89.‘The armpit of hell’: where Mumbai keeps its prostitutes | Channel 4 News
- 90.Life inside Extinction Rebellion: ‘We can’t get arrested quick enough’
- 91.Extinction Rebellion Climate Change Protests TAKE OVER London!
- 92.The Extinction Rebellion
- 93.Sir David Attenborough addresses UN climate change summit
- 94.49 Days On The Streets: From The Day I Became Homeless
- 95.Homeless At 14 After A Tragic Death: On The Streets Of Manchester
- 96.Scared, Hopeful, Angry, But Happy That I’m Free: Young & Homeless
- 97.In Care From The Age Of 6: Finding A Family
- 98.Poor Kids (Poverty Documentary) – Real Stories
- 99.The British children from working families falling into poverty | ITV News
- 100.UN: UK austerity inflicts ‘great misery’, child poverty ‘disgrace’
- 101.Children of Austerity: Poverty in 21st Century Britain (Part 1)
- 102.Children of Austerity: Poverty in 21st Century Britain (Part 2)
- 103.UN Investigation into UK Poverty
- 104.Why China doesn’t want your waste anymore – BBC News
- 105.Why Plastic Pollution is Personal | Natalie Fee | TEDxBristol
- 106.Can plastic roads help save the planet? BBC News
- 107.How Ants Are Used For Agriculture in Thailand | BBC Earth
- 108.The incredible secret life of London’s bees – BBC
- 109.Flat Earth rising: meet the people casting aside 2,500 years of science
- 110.VAWT wind turbine testing UK 24 volt VERY WINDY
- 111.‘Lives instead of knives’: one woman’s fight to end knife crime in London
- 112.The stabbing victim on a mission to end violence in London
- 113.UK knife crime: the London trauma ward at the frontline
- 114.London Undercover – Knife Crime: An Epidemic on London’s Streets
- 115.London’s Knife Crime Emergency: ON A KNIFE EDGE (Full Length Documentary)
- 116.How gang violence affects mental health – BBC News
- 117.What teens plagued by knife crime want done about it | ITV News
- 118.Losing My Best Friend To Knife Crime: Reenel’s Truth Circle Confession | One Hot Summer Stories
- 119.Kids, Knives & Broken Lives (Crime Documentary) – Real Stories
- 120.Stop and search: police battle for control of London’s streets | Guardian Investigations
- 121.Male Rape: Breaking the Silence | My Story
- 122.The Truth About Stealthing | Sex & Lies
- 123.What Happens When A Woman Abuses A Man In Public?
- 124.Fighting Shame
- 125.Dirty Business: what really happens to your recycling
- 126.Bug reserve: Inside ‘Britain’s brownfield rainforest’ | earthrise
- 127.A Forest Garden With 500 Edible Plants Could Lead to a Sustainable Future | Short Film Showcase
- 128.Fairtrade’s Secret Hot Chocolate Salon London Pop-up “Rosine’s”
- 129.Secrets of the Garden – Full Episode | National Geographic
- 130.Introducing Trees for Life
- 131.Trees For Life: Amazing Results of Conservation Projects
- 132.Trees For Life : Dundreggan
- 133.STV News – New Species at Dundreggan
- 134.What is a Pangolin? – The Pangolin: No Time to REST
- 135.Special Report: Exploited: Britain’s Hidden Slaves
- 136.The college cleaner no-one knew was a slave – BBC News
- 137.Tackling Modern Slavery – Stronger Together
- 138.Spotting the signs
- 139.Can you spot the signs of a modern slave? | Human Trafficking
- 140.Concrete – Tackling Modern Slavery in the Construction Sector
- 141.Vegan Vs Livestock Farmer | Don’t Turn Around
- 142.Saving the world from plastic – BBC Click
- 143.Huge Blobs of Fat and Trash Are Filling the World’s Sewers | National Geographic
- 144.Where Does Your Sewage Go? | I Didn’t Know That
- 145.A fatberg the size of 2 football pitches was found in London’s sewers
- 146.Flushers fightback against London’s underworld fatbergs
- 147.Fracking England Documentary 2018: Yorkshire
- 148.Fracking Hell: The Untold Story
- 149.Does Fracking Cause Earthquakes? – Bang Goes the Theory – Series 6 – BBC
- 150.Fracking: The real cost of shale in Texas | Guardian Investigations
- 151.Why your recyclables might have no place to go
- 152.Game of Thrones Helped Save a Farm
- 153.The true cost of fast fashion | The Economist
- 154.You are what you wear: Christina Dean at TEDxHKBU
- 155.COHOUSING FAMILIES: Raising children in community
- 156.Ecological cohousing at LILAC Leeds: Paul Chatterton at TEDxLeeds
- 157.Co-housing for London’s ageing population – BBC London
- 158.Lilac (Low Impact Living Affordable Community) – United Kingdom
- 159.LILAC: An experimental model in affordable community-led housing
- 160.LILAC (Low Impact Living Affordable Community) housing project in Leeds
- 161.Permaculture Stories – Joe Atkinson on Low Impact Living Affordable Communities (LILAC), Leeds
- 162.Permaculture and Community: LILAC Green Cohousing
- 163.Would you live in a ‘straw house’?
- 164.Extinction Rebellion (XR) London – Day 1 (15th April 2019)
- 165.Jem Bendell XR Opening Speech, London, Our Mother Earth Says #MeToo, 15/04/2019 Extinction Rebellion
- 166.Extinction Rebellion Coordinator Outlines His Demands to the Government | Good Morning Britain
- 167.Extinction Rebellion protests continue for the seventh day in London
- 168.XR Earth March to London
- 169.Climate change protest grinds London to a halt
- 170.Greta Thunberg full speech at Extinction Rebellion protest in London
- 171.Extinction Rebellion: what pushes people to drastic action on climate change?
- 172.Extinction Rebellion ’shut down’ London
- 173.Extinction Rebellion: Will climate change protests force a response? – BBC Newsnight
- 174.Corbyn calls on MPs to declare climate emergency: ‘We’ve no time to waste’
- 175.UK Parliament Urgent Question “Declare a Climate Emergency?” – Extinction Rebellion
- 176.UK lawmakers declare symbolic climate emergency
- 177.Ed Miliband: Why UK should declare climate change emergency
- 178.Greta Thunberg Schools Adults on Climate Change Inaction | NowThis
- 179.UK Parliament declares climate change an emergency?
- 180.The State of UK Environmental Policy 2018: The government’s 25 year environment plan
- 181.Fashion Revolution #haulternative – Second Hand Haul | Kate Arnell
- 182.How To Reduce Our Waste: Food vs Fashion | Melissa Hemsley
- 183.Why is Scotland leading the UK in renewable energy? | ITV News
- 184.World’s largest offshore wind farm generates electricity for the first time | ITV News
- 185.Climate Change: What Can We Do?
- 186.Slash & Burn | Part 1: Why Amazonian farmers use fire
- 187.Slash & Burn | Part 2: How Amazonian farmers manage fire
- 188.Slash & Burn | Part 3: Problems that occur with burn practices
- 189.Slash & Burn | Part 4: Alternatives to present practices
- 190.Slash & Burn | Part 5: How can things change?
- 191.Investigating Deforestation of the Amazon | Ross Kemp Extreme World
- 192.Fighting cancer: Animal research at Cambridge
- 193.The Cure – Liver on a Chip
- 194.Planet Placement Launch with Solitaire Townsend & Steve Smith at BAFTA
- 195.Protecting Scotland’s Coral Reefs #OurBluePlanet | BBC Earth
- 196.Caterpillar Cocoon Timelapse | BBC Earth
- 197.Budel Solar Farm, Netherlands
- 198.Why is chicken so cheap? | The Economist
- 199.Brexit: The Hidden Danger of Chlorinated Chicken. With Stephen Fry
- 200.Inside Kew Garden’s secretive tropical nursery – BBC London News
- 201.This is the World’s Loneliest Tree
- 202.How do cigarette butts create environmental hazards?
- 203.Heathrow Expansion Arguments: The Environment
- 204.3rd runway at Heathrow is given government backing – BBC London News
- 205.Environmental Impacts of Airports and Aviation
- 206.My Side Hustle; Co-Founder, Beauty Banks. Like foodbanks but with hygiene & personal care items
- 207.Sunderland Stories – The Beauty Bank
- 208.The hidden hygiene poverty crisis in Wales
- 209.Primary school children affected by hygiene poverty, charity finds
- 210.The Hygiene Bank & ITV news
- 211.The 16 Year Old Tackling Period Poverty: Amazing Humans
- 212.The Hygiene Bank & Channel 4 – Growing numbers of children living in ‘appalling conditions’
- 213.What Future for the UK with One-Third of Children in Poverty?
- 214.Overshadowed by Brexit, the poor and homeless ignored in Britain l Al Jazeera English
- 215.The Working Poor: Britain’s families living on the breadline
- 216.Deep-sea mining could transform the globe
- 217.Why 25 degrees really is hot in the UK | Did You Know?
- 218.Is climate change causing the worldwide heatwave? | ITV News
- 219.BBC News Night – (with Farhana Yamin) – Extinction Rebellion – Apr17th
- 220.Extinction Rebellion Meets the Natural History Museum London
- 221.UK: Activists protest Petroleum Group’s annual dinner at natural history museum
- 222.Toxic school run: how polluted is the air that children breathe?
- 223.The school so polluted it has to fight toxic air with barricades – BBC London
- 224.UK schools trial road closures to combat air pollution | 5 News
- 225.Air pollution is making us sick
- 226.The Madness of Social Housing in the United Kingdom
- 227.Line 18: UK’s housing crisis won’t be solved by more homes
- 228.How have attitudes changed towards social housing in the UK?
- 229.The housing crisis shows how broken and unjust the UK is | Owen Jones talks …
- 230.Britain’s Housing Crisis: Peterborough – BBC Newsnight
- 231.“They tell me to live on the streets” – universal Credit “isn’t working”
- 232.‘I’ve run out of tears’: inside London’s temporary housing crisis
- 233.Housing Britain: Moved miles away from home – BBC Newsnight
- 234.Social housing and mental health
- 235.Changing The Future | A New Climate
- 236.Costing the Earth | A New Climate
- 237.China, hero or villain? | A New Climate
- 238.How to lead a low carbon life | A New Climate
- 239.Poverty vs climate change | A New Climate
- 240.America’s Political Battle | A New Climate
- 241.UK heatwave: Is climate change to blame? – BBC Newsnight
- 242.Are Puffins and Turtle Doves at Risk of Extinction?
- 243.Puffins among birds to thrive on island after rat cull | ITV News
- 244.First Time Cute Baby Puffin Sees World | World Beneath Your Feet | BBC
- 245.Puffins & Seabirds Of The Beautiful Farne Islands UK
- 246.A Day in the Life of RSPB Bempton Cliffs Reserve
- 247.RSPB releases Birdsong album to raise awareness about declining numbers | 5 News
- 248.Let Nature Sing making of the single documentary
- 249.The RSPB – Let Nature Sing
- 250.Trump’s 2020 Campaign Is Now Selling Plastic Straws: ‘Liberal Paper Straws Don’t Work’ | TIME
- 251.Plastic straws, stirrers, and cotton buds to be banned in England
- 252.Plastic straws and cotton buds among single-use plastics to be banned in the UK | 5 News
- 253.Plastic bags usage down 90% (England) – BBC News – 30th July 2016
- 254.Plastic bag charge to be doubled to 10p in all shops across England
- 255.Moss-filled smart wall cleans London’s air
- 256.Moss Trees – amazing air cleaning moss wall tree in the UK
- 257.Watch UK’s Natural Land Diminish in 100 Seconds | Short Film Showcase
- 258.London National Park City
- 259.London: a National Park City?
- 260.David Attenborough: ‘Climate Change – Britain Under Threat’
- 261.UK town aiming to be carbon neutral
- 262.Solcer, a carbon positive house – Innovation in Sustainability Award 2015
- 263.The UK has pledged ‘net zero’ carbon emissions, but what does this mean? | Euronews Answers
- 264.How life will change in a world of net zero emissions | ITV News
- 265.How does carbon offsetting work – Adam Hart-Davis
- 266.Why is Oxfam championing sustainable fashion? | Oxfam GB
- 267.#SECONDHANDSEPTEMBER
- 268.Could you go a month without buying anything new? – BBC London
- 269.Fashion Fighting Poverty – London Fashion Week 2019 | Oxfam GB
- 270.How Oxfam recycles and reuses your donated clothing | Oxfam GB
- 271.Plastic pollution: ‘We’ve lost the battle on the beaches’
- 272.Food Waste In The UK Versus France
- 273.UK’s land use must alter to limit climate change l A New Climate
- 274.The RSPB on Marine Conservation Zones in the UK
- 275.Blue Belt programme
- 276.Marine Conservation, Releasing Pregnant Lobsters Back Into The Wild, with Craig Evans
- 277.We are the Marine Conservation Society
- 278.Marine Conservation Zones – Save Our British Seas
- 279.The RSPB on Marine Conservation Zones in the north of England
- 280.38 Million Pieces of Plastic Trash Cover This Remote Island | National Geographic
- 281.British Seagrass could help tackle climate change
- 282.Ecocide, the 5th Crime Against Peace: Polly Higgins at TEDxExeter
- 283.Leadership and A Law of Ecocide: Polly Higgins at TEDxTallinn 2013
- 284.The Crime of Ecocide – Polly Higgins Interview
- 285.Royal Court of Justice, Make Ecocide Law! | Extinction Rebellion
- 286.On Contact: Civil Disobedience to Stop Ecocide
- 287.The “climate kids” suing the government
- 288.Feminist T-Shirt Caught Up In Sweatshop Controversy
- 289.Prince Harry: ‘climate change is an emergency’
- 290.How Much Plastic Do You Eat? #OurBluePlanet | Earth Lab
- 291.Plastics in every part of the ocean
- 292.Plastic whale goes on a journey for #OceanRescue
- 293.Washing with delicate cycle releases tons of microplastics – TomoNews
- 294.Microplastics found in UK tap water
- 295.Are We Eating Plastic for Dinner? | Dhruv Boruah | TEDxCamden
- 296.Holderness Coastline – A study in coastal erosion
- 297.Slumping at Hornsea March 2019
- 298.Coastal erosion and landsliding on the Aldbrough coast, East Riding of Yorkshire
- 299.What is eco-anxiety?
- 300.For People Feeling Eco Anxiety
- 301.Wild goats take over deserted Welsh town during coronavirus lockdown
- 302.Are Vegetarians Healthier? – Should I Eat Meat? – BBC
- 303.G7 nations finalise historic deal to end tax abuse by global companies – BBC News
- 304.Corporation tax explained – BBC News
- 305.G7 countries reach deal on global corporate tax | DW News
- 306.Small Businesses Attempt To Avoid Tax Like Corporations | Good Morning Britain
- 307.The Town That Took On The Taxman (Tax Revolt Documentary) | Real Stories
- 308.Small Welsh Town Revolts Against Corporate Tax Breaks!
- 309.How the Isle of Man became a tax haven
- 310.Paradise Papers: How Lewis Hamilton got a £3.3m VAT refund – BBC News
- 311.Queen Elizabeth’s offshore investments surface in Paradise Papers
- 312.How Rich Is The British Royal Family?
- 313.Inside The Royal Family’s $28 Billion Fortune | Forbes
- 314.How the British royal family makes money
- 315.Queen Elizabeth urged to rewild her estates with lynx, beavers and bison by campaigners
- 316.How to Bring Wilderness Back to Britain | Rewilding UK
- 317.Wild Boar Thriving in the UK! – Rewilding
- 318.Returning our Farm to Nature – Rewilding Mapperton (Episode 1)
- 319.Is It Too Late to Stop Climate Armageddon? The IPCC Report Explained