Plastic poisons ocean bacteria that produce 10% of the world’s oxygen and prop up the marine food chain
Ocean bacteria is crucial for life on earth but it’s being poisoned by the scourge of plastic pollution. Petra Cameron and Philippa Kearney from the University of Bath discuss how we can protect it.
Co-op asks councils to ‘speed up’ food waste collection rollout
The Co-op has written to local authorities in England asking them to ‘speed up’ the rollout of food waste collections from households which they believe would save 1,000 tonnes a day of food waste from ending up in landfill.