| Wow.....just wow 20:41 - Mar 24 with 4153 views | gtsb |
Blue planet on the BBC have just said the world kills 100 million....let that sink in.... Sharks every year. That makes me sad, really sad. |  | | |  |
| Wow.....just wow on 20:43 - Mar 24 with 4118 views | Pecker |
We are total bas*ards to our seas and oceans. |  | | |
| Wow.....just wow on 20:44 - Mar 24 with 4109 views | gtsb |
| Wow.....just wow on 20:43 - Mar 24 by Pecker |
We are total bas*ards to our seas and oceans. |
We certainly are. I hate the way the human race destroys the planet. | | | |
| Wow.....just wow on 20:46 - Mar 24 with 4101 views | BlueBadger |
| Wow.....just wow on 20:43 - Mar 24 by Pecker |
We are total bas*ards to our seas and oceans. |
I blame you for making Feargal sail all the way to an imaginary bar in South Africa. |  |
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| Wow.....just wow on 20:46 - Mar 24 with 4101 views | clive_baker |
| Wow.....just wow on 20:43 - Mar 24 by Pecker |
We are total bas*ards to our seas and oceans. |
Yep.
To be fair, the UK is pretty advanced when it comes to sustainable recycling of plastics, but it won't mean sh1t until China pulls its fingers out of it's a**e. |  |
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| Wow.....just wow on 20:47 - Mar 24 with 4089 views | gtsb |
| Wow.....just wow on 20:46 - Mar 24 by clive_baker |
Yep.
To be fair, the UK is pretty advanced when it comes to sustainable recycling of plastics, but it won't mean sh1t until China pulls its fingers out of it's a**e. |
That is what saddens me more than anything. We all need to be onboard. | | | |
| Wow.....just wow on 20:49 - Mar 24 with 4075 views | Pecker |
| Wow.....just wow on 20:47 - Mar 24 by gtsb |
That is what saddens me more than anything. We all need to be onboard. |
I take it you don't mean Fergals. | | | |
| Wow.....just wow on 20:57 - Mar 24 with 4046 views | XYZ |
| Wow.....just wow on 20:43 - Mar 24 by Pecker |
We are total bas*ards to our seas and oceans. |
if only we were part of a group of similar thinking countries we could have enough global clout to make a difference whilst there's still time*.
* Yes, I know, but it's what I have to tell my kids. |  | | |
| Wow.....just wow on 21:06 - Mar 24 with 4008 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
#fakenews
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| Wow.....just wow on 21:09 - Mar 24 with 3995 views | homer_123 |
| Wow.....just wow on 20:43 - Mar 24 by Pecker |
We are total bas*ards to our seas and oceans. |
That sentence has 5 too many words at the end. |  |
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| Wow.....just wow on 21:09 - Mar 24 with 3996 views | BloomBlue |
What we're doing to the seas is terrible especially fish stocks and the worst offender is the EU. Throughout European waters the EU have allowed the waters to be plundered, with no control. European waters now has some of the lowest fish stocks of anywhere in the world. Iceland never joined the EU because they didn't trust the EU wouldn't destroy the fish stocks in Iceland waters and Iceland's fish levels are some of the best in the world. |  | | |
| Wow.....just wow on 21:11 - Mar 24 with 3986 views | gtsb |
| Wow.....just wow on 21:09 - Mar 24 by BloomBlue |
What we're doing to the seas is terrible especially fish stocks and the worst offender is the EU. Throughout European waters the EU have allowed the waters to be plundered, with no control. European waters now has some of the lowest fish stocks of anywhere in the world. Iceland never joined the EU because they didn't trust the EU wouldn't destroy the fish stocks in Iceland waters and Iceland's fish levels are some of the best in the world. |
And they don't swim in plastic. | | | |
| Wow.....just wow on 23:52 - Mar 24 with 3815 views | wellhungphil |
| Wow.....just wow on 20:46 - Mar 24 by clive_baker |
Yep.
To be fair, the UK is pretty advanced when it comes to sustainable recycling of plastics, but it won't mean sh1t until China pulls its fingers out of it's a**e. |
Not sure how true this is. Isn't it the case now that several councils around the country are having to tip what should be recycling directly into landfill because China is no longer accepting the plastics from them?
I think the problem first and foremost is that too much plastic is being produced. Even something as small as a toothbrush, cotton buds (what?) COTTON BUDS FOR YOUR EARS I SAID, (ok, no need to shout, son) and various other what-nottery could be made out of wood instead.
I would certainly take your point about the UK not being the biggest offender, of course. I don't remember which massively populated country in Asia it was (possibly Indonesia) where the shores are littered with tons of plastic, and off the shores you have these giant plastic islands.
Quite horrific, and it's getting into the food chain of all sorts of animals (including humans), and doing a horrendous amount of damage.
There'll be no emergency until it's already too late, I fear. |  | | |
| Wow.....just wow on 06:35 - Mar 25 with 3677 views | Hong_Kong_Bluey |
| Wow.....just wow on 21:09 - Mar 24 by BloomBlue |
What we're doing to the seas is terrible especially fish stocks and the worst offender is the EU. Throughout European waters the EU have allowed the waters to be plundered, with no control. European waters now has some of the lowest fish stocks of anywhere in the world. Iceland never joined the EU because they didn't trust the EU wouldn't destroy the fish stocks in Iceland waters and Iceland's fish levels are some of the best in the world. |
Indeed.......... If only Britain was an island nation who had control over their waters and fishing stock.............
tick tock............... 5, 4, 3, 2............ |  | | |
| Wow.....just wow on 06:59 - Mar 25 with 3630 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Wow.....just wow on 23:52 - Mar 24 by wellhungphil |
Not sure how true this is. Isn't it the case now that several councils around the country are having to tip what should be recycling directly into landfill because China is no longer accepting the plastics from them?
I think the problem first and foremost is that too much plastic is being produced. Even something as small as a toothbrush, cotton buds (what?) COTTON BUDS FOR YOUR EARS I SAID, (ok, no need to shout, son) and various other what-nottery could be made out of wood instead.
I would certainly take your point about the UK not being the biggest offender, of course. I don't remember which massively populated country in Asia it was (possibly Indonesia) where the shores are littered with tons of plastic, and off the shores you have these giant plastic islands.
Quite horrific, and it's getting into the food chain of all sorts of animals (including humans), and doing a horrendous amount of damage.
There'll be no emergency until it's already too late, I fear. |
Indeed......rule Britannia....
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/23/uks-plastic-waste-may-be-dum
.... and the EU that sends half its plastic abroad....
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/society/20181212STO21610/plastic [Post edited 25 Mar 2019 7:00]
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| Wow.....just wow on 08:06 - Mar 25 with 3515 views | Binner |
| Wow.....just wow on 20:46 - Mar 24 by clive_baker |
Yep.
To be fair, the UK is pretty advanced when it comes to sustainable recycling of plastics, but it won't mean sh1t until China pulls its fingers out of it's a**e. |
We don't so much 'deal with it' as send a lot of our waste materials, plastic, paper, metal etc, to China and elsewhere in Asia.
Another major problem is that, according to a recent item on Radio 4, the world uses 4 billion tyres per year and is only able to adequately dispose of a few of them |  |
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| Wow.....just wow on 12:28 - Mar 25 with 3344 views | Butterbing |
The world does it? That b#stard, I've been trying to save it. |  | | |
| Wow.....just wow on 12:28 - Mar 25 with 3343 views | StokieBlue |
It's incredibly bad.
What's even worse is the returning of the sharks fin-less to the ocean who then drown as they can't swim. If you are going to take the fins then take the rest of the animal as well - it's edible after all.
Shark fins drying on a roof in HK:
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| Wow.....just wow on 12:29 - Mar 25 with 3341 views | Oldsmoker |
| Wow.....just wow on 23:52 - Mar 24 by wellhungphil |
Not sure how true this is. Isn't it the case now that several councils around the country are having to tip what should be recycling directly into landfill because China is no longer accepting the plastics from them?
I think the problem first and foremost is that too much plastic is being produced. Even something as small as a toothbrush, cotton buds (what?) COTTON BUDS FOR YOUR EARS I SAID, (ok, no need to shout, son) and various other what-nottery could be made out of wood instead.
I would certainly take your point about the UK not being the biggest offender, of course. I don't remember which massively populated country in Asia it was (possibly Indonesia) where the shores are littered with tons of plastic, and off the shores you have these giant plastic islands.
Quite horrific, and it's getting into the food chain of all sorts of animals (including humans), and doing a horrendous amount of damage.
There'll be no emergency until it's already too late, I fear. |
I used to prefer sea-salt to ordinary salt - it's mined from underground in Cheshire - but apparently there's minute pieces of plastic in the sea-salt.
There's no plastic in the stuff dug out of the ground so I've switched to that. |  |
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| Wow.....just wow on 12:50 - Mar 25 with 3305 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Wow.....just wow on 21:09 - Mar 24 by BloomBlue |
What we're doing to the seas is terrible especially fish stocks and the worst offender is the EU. Throughout European waters the EU have allowed the waters to be plundered, with no control. European waters now has some of the lowest fish stocks of anywhere in the world. Iceland never joined the EU because they didn't trust the EU wouldn't destroy the fish stocks in Iceland waters and Iceland's fish levels are some of the best in the world. |
Completely unfair on EU's CFP there - it's been instrumental in the recovery of some stock (North Sea Cod being certified as sustainable in 2017 being the most highly publicised one). We've strongly opposed quotas and we've strongly opposed the new EU discards policy too. It's far from perfect, but all the evidence suggests we'd plunder a lot more if not constrained by the CFP. |  |
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| Wow.....just wow on 12:51 - Mar 25 with 3305 views | Ryorry |
| Wow.....just wow on 12:28 - Mar 25 by StokieBlue |
It's incredibly bad.
What's even worse is the returning of the sharks fin-less to the ocean who then drown as they can't swim. If you are going to take the fins then take the rest of the animal as well - it's edible after all.
Shark fins drying on a roof in HK:
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| Wow.....just wow on 12:57 - Mar 25 with 3291 views | Ryorry |
| Wow.....just wow on 23:52 - Mar 24 by wellhungphil |
Not sure how true this is. Isn't it the case now that several councils around the country are having to tip what should be recycling directly into landfill because China is no longer accepting the plastics from them?
I think the problem first and foremost is that too much plastic is being produced. Even something as small as a toothbrush, cotton buds (what?) COTTON BUDS FOR YOUR EARS I SAID, (ok, no need to shout, son) and various other what-nottery could be made out of wood instead.
I would certainly take your point about the UK not being the biggest offender, of course. I don't remember which massively populated country in Asia it was (possibly Indonesia) where the shores are littered with tons of plastic, and off the shores you have these giant plastic islands.
Quite horrific, and it's getting into the food chain of all sorts of animals (including humans), and doing a horrendous amount of damage.
There'll be no emergency until it's already too late, I fear. |
There's also at least one country in S. America which, according to one traveller's report, is dumping thousands of tons of plastic waste daily (a succession of large wagons) at the mouth of a major river, where there are mountains of the stuff. Probably happening elsewhere on that continent too.
Re the OP - anyone know how many sharks are actually born every year, either as a whole species or as different types of sharks? Ie is the population decreasing, stable, or even increasing? | |
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| Wow.....just wow on 12:59 - Mar 25 with 3286 views | pickles110564 |
| Wow.....just wow on 20:46 - Mar 24 by clive_baker |
Yep.
To be fair, the UK is pretty advanced when it comes to sustainable recycling of plastics, but it won't mean sh1t until China pulls its fingers out of it's a**e. |
Dont we ship a lot of our plastics and rubbish to China and India for recycling? Don't think we are that good and advanced as they lead us to believe. |  | | |
| Wow.....just wow on 13:04 - Mar 25 with 3269 views | footers |
Can't believe there's so much support for one of man's oldest and deadliest foes. We should be reveling in their dwindling numbers, not trying to save them |  |
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