Lebanon's Trash

There is a Rubbish strike in Lebanon, and all along the road there are piles of plastic bits and pieces. So what will they do with those piles of Rubbish. Call off the strike and get those unemployed members of the public to earn some money sorting out the rubbish.
This would enable the Government to sort the strike and employ some people, which will help the economy.
Veronica Morris.

Staying Plastic Free

How can we have a plastic free shopping spree?
Everything is covered with plastic.
In Sweden they have developed a machine that will gather all the bits of plastic in the ocean together, what happens next?
There are many people who know of the dangers
Of Plastic and what we can do with it?
Very exciting, two Australian surfers have invented Ocean - cleaning sea bins will gobble up plastic waste to recycle! Andrew Tufton and Peter Ceglinski who are concerned about the build up of pollution in the Oceans, It is a world wide problem typified vividly by the dirty waters around various parts of the world.
What we all can do individually is try not using to use plastic items and remembering what is happening to Oceans.

Plastic Pollution Free Penzance

Plastic pollution seems to be the central issue of the moment as it has been found even in the Arctic. I was watching the opening of the Winter Games and thinking about all the plastics that are are sent into the Atmosphere and the plastics that have been found even in the Arctic, there was the commentator showing a bird that had died with a piece of plastic tied round it's beak and the death of a  seal with a plastic band in round it's stomach.
After David Attenborough's Blue Planet 2 it became apparent that more people need to become aware of what we are doing to the planet though a great number are already aware that we need to care for this planet.  People are cleaning up the Plastic they find on the beach. Penzance is the town that holds the first Plastic Free Status Award - at least that is good news:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/05/penzance-wins-first-plastic-free-status-award-to-help-clean-up-beaches

FGM horror

I am amazed that with so many people accused of FGM not one person was prosecuted for this, horrendous violation. The NHS in London saw 2,500 cases. There were some 200 reports to the police in London. But no prosecutions. So we ask why hasn't this happened? Is it because we do not want to upset too many people. It seems strange that having all the evidence of this barbaric practice, nothing  has been done. So why is that?

Moving forward on Plastics

We are trying to get the most publicity in the local supermarkets the Sainsbury and Tescos, Aldi and Waitrose. How can we persuade the big Supermarkets to do what they have done in Holland and have an Aisle free of plastics. People are more aware of the problem and Penzance is one of cities that is committed to becoming plastic free!
We heard today Tuesday 16th 2018 that "Iceland" had made a commitment to go completely plastic free, which is a good start. There is a guy who is travelling in a boat taking samples of the sea and finding how many micro plastic beads there are in the sea; scarey.
What can we do about this or can I change things but with a couple of friends one gets the message.
People are becoming more aware of the situation thanks to Blue Planet and David Attenborough giving advice. This means that each one of us must do our bit and stop buying plastic, very easy to say but we have been so seduced by the use of plastics. We look at how we managed before the war then milk was delivered in bottles and you reused them. Far better!

Plastic pollution of the oceans

I was in Geneva this Summer for ten days and my husband was doing very political things and I then decided after hearing about the plastic in the Pacific ocean was if you pushed all the Islands together it would be an area as big as Germany! also there is an area in South America as the rivers are pushing the rubbish together. David Attenborough I thought would be the man to contact. David Attenborough's Blue Planet makes people aware of this thorny issue: what happens next to all the plastic. There is talk of a machine that can hoover all the Plastic into one manageable bunch. The plastic is leaching onto the sea bed, and contaminating all those in the sea. If you go for sea salt in the Supermarket that too has minuscule bits of plastic in it and as to the prawns they too are contaminated. When we think that these creatures from the sea are at least pristine and fresh.
We only have one planet and whether you believe in Global Warming or not, the ones that have put this fragile planet at risk are us. So we have to do something about it!
We have to all use less plastic, but that is difficult as may be we all use plastic toothbrushes.
We raised this issue on our Facebook page and it had a huge impact with over a thousand likes. This issue really concerns people, and thank heavens it does.

See this link for more information

Veronica Morris

Plastic Fish!

There is in the Pacific Ocean an Island that is as big if all the islands were dragged together are as big as Germany! This is all made of Plastic discarded by people who threw them away! Do you have a plastic tooth brush? And I do so this  a hard thing to do. We all seem to be wedded to our plastic!
I have written to David Attenborough asking for advice. I am sure that he is away filming for Blue Planet 2 a remarkable man.
There are many people who have heard about it, but what can we do one feels so impotent it is such a huge problem, and will be buried under a huge bonfire of Plastic! Which is the last thing we want to happen. If there is anyone that can think of a way of solving this problem do let me know!
We all want know!
Veronica Morris