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A beautiful morning for a #2minutebeachclean at Ballyholme with @ANDborough Beach Cleaners. A small bag lifted inc glass bottles, straws, fast-food containers, plastic wrappers, q-tips, briefs, a plastic fish,3 socks, 2 balls & cigarette butts 🚮 🌏♻️🏖🪸 #LeaveNoTrace #Bangor 💛

#2minutebeachclean #2minutelitterpick #2minutesolution #sealrescue #greyseal #sealpup

Whilst this seal was thankfully received help, there are sadly many marine animals out there that end up entangled. Any litter you can pick up, both on land, on the beach and in the ocean, helps to protect our wildlife.

As you can see it, it was very entangled within the net which if left like this could very easily prove to be fatal. The team were alerted about the seal by the public, whom they thank for calling it in and helping them locate the seal to provide it with the help it needed.

What better way to start a Friday than to share a bit of positive news! We loved seeing this post from @SEALIFEScarboro this week, their team were called down to help with a seal entanglement.

What are your thoughts on a public plastic bottle and can recycling scheme? Have you experienced using one in a different country? Let us know your thoughts! Source: The Guardian #depositreturnscheme #plasticpollution #reducereuserecycle #greenfuture #positiveclimatenews

New parliamentary regulations have now been introduced to enable the appointment of a managing body for the scheme in April this year ahead of its scheduled launch in October 2027.

Ministers have pledged to end a “throwaway society” with laws paving the way for a bottle-return scheme coming into force on Monday.

Countries such as Germany, Sweden and the Republic of Ireland have successfully implemented schemes, ensuring valuable materials are collected, recycled and made back into new drinks containers – a truly circular approach easily grasped by the public.

The scheme mimics those seen in 50 countries around the world — allowing members of the public to be rewarded for cleaning up their streets.

A bottle-return scheme where people will be paid to hand in plastic, steel or aluminium for recycling at a collection point is scheduled to come into force in England and Northern Ireland in 2027.

#shopsecondhand #sustainableliving #ecofriendly #fastfashion #underconsumption #sustainablefashion

January can also be a time where you may also feel you need a whole new wardrobe ahead of spring coming up, try shopping second-hand where you can, and even 'shopping' your own wardrobe - you will be surprised at what you already own!

Just a little reminder (or boost) for those doing a low-buy or no-buy year, we know that lots of you use January as a time to reset and reassess your shopping habits.

If you get clear skies over the next few nights it’s a great chance to be outside after sunset and see how many planets you can spot, let me know how you get on? #space #planets #planetaryalignment

Pre 1989 Coca Cola can found today in the undergrowth now it's all died vack for winter. Detachable ring pull and full thick aluminium so not rotted.

11 bags collected today here in Aldridge. Busy main road done both sides it's all thtough rural and park land. All thrown from passing vehicles #litterpicking

Litter picked and disposed in the trash @cleanify_vet #cleanifyChallenge #ecoWarrior

This week's #litter haul. Almost a new wardrobe this week - trousers, gloves, t-shirt, and undies 😯. The usual from the #budlight #tosser. @cleanupbritain