PUPILS have turned their focus to recycling during National Science Week. This year their theme was “Plastic Not So Fantastic” to support an interest in helping animals by lowering plastic pollution. St Bede s Academy joined the Cornish Plastic Pollution Coalition to provide an exciting week full of activities, investigations and experiments. St Bede’s school council lead teachers, Miss Greenhalgh and Miss Gillard, said: “All the children of St Bede were so inspired and continued to discuss ways to help lower plastic pollution. “The children and staff were extremely passionate about helping to save the planet, and help with the mission to save the animals who are at risk due to the volume of plastic pollution ending up in our seas and rivers.
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Wildlife Trusts – the federation of 46 independent wildlife conservation charities across the country – reported a surge of public interest in marine life and coastal species due to this year s pandemic.
This has resulted in a rich variety of fascinating photos and video footage – but PPE has become a mark of the human footprint in 2020. Disposable PPE gloves and face masks were everywhere this summer and our beach cleans find it every time, said Ruth Williams, marine conservation manager at Cornwall Wildlife Trust.
A disposable face mask on the beach in Yorkshire this year. Although they keep out pathogens effectively, single-use masks have a long afterlife after they are discarded, ending up in oceans