The
UK has a long, varied and often picturesque coastline. Its
marine activities have been the lifeblood of the nation's
development.
Yet, the sea and coast are often treated like a giant waste
bin. Many UK beaches do not reach EU standards.
Oil is a major pollutant - from installations, rigs, and tanker
spills, but mainly from ships on a day to day basis.
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Every year three times more rubbish is dumped into our oceans than the weight of fish caught.
Every day around 5 million items of waste are thrown overboard from ships.
Annually, 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals and sea turtles suffer cruel deaths from entanglement in, or ingestion of, plastics.
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DEVELOPING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS