Plastic Pollution

Hermit crabs are confusing plastic for shells and it's killing them

Plastic pollution is killing beneficial bacteria in the ocean that help us breathe

Plastic has killed more than half a million hermit crabs on a certain group of Pacific islands - Nature Picture Library Hermit crabs are mistaking plastic for shells and the problem has killed more than half a million of the crustaceans, a new study by the N…

The results recorded 61,000 crabs trapped in debris on Henderson Island and 508,000 on the Cocos (Keeling) islands. This equated to 1-2 crabs per m2 of beach falling foul of debris, a significant percentage of the population. Around 570,000 hermit crabs beco…

Dutch company collects plastic pollution from rivers to make parks and products

Clad in diving gear or oilskins and gumboots, a team of scientists and activists spent weeks in the South Atlantic, enduring storms and choppy seas to check up on a place almost no-one has heard of. Their mission: To monitor an underwater mountain for clues …

In an age where universities are having to increasingly behave like brands, Jack Renwick Studio have created a bold new positioning for UCL (University College London) to help enable a change in their reputation from world-class to world-leading. Consistently…

Mineral II

The retail bonanza set to begin today, Black Friday, is expected to see more than half of shoppers buying electronic goods and almost a third purchasing clothes. But a new report says that up to 80 percent of itemsand any plastic packaging they are wrapped i…

Youve seen the pictures of massed plastic floating in the ocean. Of dead whales that choked on tons of polyethylene bags they swallowed. Of landfills clogged with soda bottles, dry-cleaning wrapping and food containers. Every piece of such dismaying litter, d…