Engangskaffekopper bør udfases for at undgå plastik i havet

Engangskopper er blandt de ti mest fundne plasttyper i dansk natur. Folketinget behandler lige nu lovforslag om engangsplast. Regeringen bør sætte et mål om, at  80% af alle kaffekopper er genbrugelige i 2030. Den internationale havmiljøorganisation Oceana opfordrer til, at Danmark udfaser engangskaffekopper. Uddgangspunktet er et nyt lovforslag fra Miljøministeren,  som Folketinget netop nu skal … Read more

Amazon’s Big Role in Ocean Plastic Pollution

Oceana calls on Amazon to address its contribution to the plastic disaster that is devastating the world’s oceans and marine life and provide its customers with plastic-free choices Oceana has today released a report – based on an analysis of e-commerce packaging data – that found Amazon generated 465 million pounds of plastic packaging waste … Read more

Spain: Diving among plastics

Spanish waters contain a wide variety of geomorphological features including canyons, escarpments, pockmarks, seamounts and reefs, among other things. As well as providing oases for marine life, this wide variety of geohabitats also act as plastic traps or sinks. Deep waters are particularly vulnerable to the impact of marine debris, as the absence of sunlight … Read more

Plastic-free Zones in Europe

Plastic Free Zones are a concept on which Oceana has been working at a global level. They have become one of the centerpieces of Oceana’s Plastic Campaign and are defined as areas where single-use plastics (SUPs) are not supplied, commercialized or used, or the amountsof SUPs used has drastically decreased. These zones may include corporate … Read more

Blue Manifesto

Blue Manifesto: A rescue plan that works In January 2020, over 100 organisations, led by six NGOs —BirdLife Europe, ClientEarth, Oceana, Seas At Risk, Surfrider Foundation Europe, and WWF— launched the Blue Manifesto, a rescue plan outlining specific actions to protect our oceans and coastlines by 2030. The Blue Manifesto is a comprehensive document detailing … Read more