Plastic Pollution

Dead whales beach themselves with hundreds of pounds of plastic in their stomachs. Turtles can't breathe because plastic straws get stuck in their nostrils. Birds are mistaking plastic for food, feeding it to their hungry offspring.  Now another sea creature…

New research finds that on just two remote islands alone, nearly 600,000 crabs are killed every year by plastic debris. If you have ever witnessed the true wonder of a hermit crab housing exchange, you know how crucial their seashell dwellings are. One of li…

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Packaging "Plastic bags have become ubiquitous and plastic pollution has increased. 1000 Ára Sveitaþorp aims to fix this. By packaging potatoes in paper bags, waste and plastic pollution can be reduced so that it is likely to have a far-reaching effect into …

In the first study of its kind, an IMAS-led research team estimates that around 570 000 hermit crabs have been killed on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean and Henderson Island in the Pacific after being trapped in plastic debris. Published in t…

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…