Category Archives: Green issues

Wardrobe Shame

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Jo

I have finally got around to my New Year’s resolution…it’s only July! On 5 January I wrote, “Embarrassingly I have a wardrobe in my sons room with a collapsed hanging rail, I opened door & hurriedly squashed it shut. All the clothes have been lying on the floor for over a month.” In total I estimate it was 9 months. Photos of my shame… Continue reading →

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ITV Wales Recycling

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Jo

Recently I assisted ITV Wales news ‘Wales Tonight’ to put together a story about recycling. The brief to look into ‘Where Does Our Recycling Go?’. So after extensive research I arranged a number of locations for a days filming in Ellesmere Port, Elton, Runcorn and Anglesey. Screen grabs from the item are here… Continue reading →

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The Travelling Tag

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Jo

We found a plastic tag from Newfoundland on a North Wales beach. What a distance to travel. Plastic is the modern wonder material so resilient it can travel from Newfoundland (since 2008?) and remain in tact and still readable. While picking up beach litter at the Big Arty Beach Clean, we spotted the most amazing pieces of plastic… Continue reading →

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Big Arty Beach Clean

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Jo

Why is beach cleaning so important? Some of our best-loved marine wildlife is under threat from the waste and litter in our seas. Hundreds of species of marine wildlife accidentally eat or become tangled up in litter. Join us on Saturday 26 March 2011, Porth Neigwl Hell’s Mouth, Lleyn Peninsular, North Wales… Continue reading →

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ITV Wales

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Jo

Where Does Our Recycling Go? This week I have been assisting ITV Wales Tonight put together a story about recycling. The brief to look into ‘Where Does Our Recycling Go?’. So after extensive research I arranged a number of locations for a days filming in Ellesmere Port, Elton and Runcorn all in Cheshire, followed by a mornings filming… Continue reading →

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Sea Champions

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Jo

On Saturday 12 February the Marine Conservation Society MCS introduced their ‘Sea Champions’ project to Wales. I attended the Saturday Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales event and a second event was held in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, North Wales ‘Welsh Sea Champions Come on Board’. Living near the Menai Straits… Continue reading →

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Beachwatch Results

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Jo

Over 190kg of rubbish removed from Tan-Y-Foel beach, for the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) Beachwatch Big Weekend and launch of keep Wales Tidy Week, included a blue door covered in stickers (36.5kg), a large boat trailer support (31kg), a bag of set cement (32kg) and a wooden pallet (30kg). Strangely a pair of size 10 wellies… Continue reading →

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