Author Archives: Nerys Carroll

Hello everybody and welcome back to Endless Ocean. Today’s post is going to be a little different from the rest because I am actually going to talk about a BBC show called Blue Planet II. It is part of a series called blue planet where the world famous English broadcaster and natural historian David AttenbourahContinue reading “Blog Post #8”

Hello everyone! Today’s post about the age old question of what is plastic? The definition of plastic is any synthetic or semisynthetic organic polymer. I know confusing, but in simple terms it means while other elements might be present, plastics always include hydrogen and carbon. Most industrial plastic is made from petrochemicals however plastics alsoContinue reading “Blog Post #7”

Hello everybody and welcome back to Endless Ocean. Today I will be talking about single use plastic; what it is? How do we use it? And how we can reduce our single plastic use.  Single-use plastics are used only once before they are thrown away. For example, things like plastic bags, straws, coffee stirrers, sodaContinue reading “Blog Post #6”

This weekend I had the chance to help our environment. I went to a beach in Kuwait with a club from school called Roots & Shoots. We spent an hour and a half just picking up garbage and trying to clean up the beach. If more people around the world took just an hour outContinue reading “Blog Post #5”

The packaging is key when it comes to protecting food, also to ensure high standards of quality and avoiding waste. However, one-third of waste from houses is made up of food packaging. This means about 80% of the packaging is wasted after being used only one time. It is believed that there are around 100Continue reading “Blog Post #4”

In 2014, it was estimated that 15 to 51 trillion microplastic particles were floating in the oceans. The plastic weighing between 93,000 and 236,000 tonnes. As one of the most common types of single-use plastic, straws usually are used only one time and then thrown away. However, straws are only one of the issues ofContinue reading “Blog Post #3”

The litter caused by the use of plastic bags is not only on land but also predominantly in the ocean. Plastic bags impart heavily to the formation of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the North Pacific Ocean. It is estimated to be twice as big as Hawaii and according to the program director ofContinue reading “Blog Post #2”

In reality, more than 800 marine species are affected by debris plastic. For example, 44% of seabirds and 40% of aquatic mammals suffer from ingesting discarded polymer items that have made their way into the ocean. Sea turtles, whales, dolphins, seals, and sea lions are only some of the living beings that suffer due toContinue reading “Blog Post #1”