We all know that plastic lasts for a long time. A light weight, cheap, easily manufacturable material, plastic is a super material when it comes to making things. While the longevity of plastic can be seen as a benefit when…
We hear lots in the news about plastic pollution and ocean plastic. However, have you ever wondered how this plastic is actually getting into the water here in the UK? Well, the main source of ocean plastic pollution is land-based,…
What are microplastics? Microplastics is a wide term that refers to small plastic particles that are a by-product of plastic waste. This could be fibres, fragments, and spheres that usually, but not always, are formed by the breakdown and deterioration…
Ghost gear is a term used to refer to any lost or abandoned fishing gear, such as netting, ropes, traps etc. This is arguably the most dangerous form of ocean pollution as these sometimes massive nets are extremely harmful to…
At Life’s A Beach our goals are to reduce the amount of plastic waste entering our oceans through education and awareness as well as practical action such as organising beach cleans and providing organisations with multi-use products to reduce the…
