{"id":11667,"date":"2017-03-20T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/?post_type=curious&#038;p=11667"},"modified":"2020-08-26T15:43:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T14:43:16","slug":"what-lies-beneath","status":"publish","type":"curious","link":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/curious\/2017\/mar\/what-lies-beneath","title":{"rendered":"What Lies Beneath"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazyblock-two-column-text-quote-image-Z1opIrG wp-block-lazyblock-two-column-text-quote-image\"><section class=\"fullwidth fullwidth--overflow \" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\r\n  <div class=\"container container--spaced-lg\">\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"row\">\r\n      \r\n      <div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n                \r\n                <blockquote class=\"blockquote blockquote--md-right\">\r\n          Around 8 million tonnes of plastic ends up in our oceans each year.                   <\/blockquote>\r\n                \r\n  \t\t\t      <\/div>\r\n      \r\n      <div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n    \t\t<p>This staggering figure is perhaps best represented by the infamous expanse of water known as the\u00a0 \u2018Great Pacific Garbage Patch\u2019,\u00a0 an area now estimated to be three times the size of Spain and home to approximately 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic.<br \/><br \/>Documentaries such as David Attenborough\u2019s Blue Planet II,\u00a0 have in recent times managed to raise international awareness about the negative effects plastic is having on our marine ecosystems. This blog takes a further look at some of the campaigns being mounted by alliances around the world and how brands themselves are also starting to respond to what is becoming one of the most intractable problems of our time.<\/p>  \t\t<\/div>\r\n  \t\t\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    \r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/section><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-image-full-width-Z2mKNsg wp-block-lazyblock-image-full-width\"><section class=\"fullwidth fullwidth--img\">\n    <img data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Curious-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\">\n\n<\/section><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-two-column-text-quote-image-2rraCo wp-block-lazyblock-two-column-text-quote-image\"><section class=\"fullwidth fullwidth--overflow \" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\r\n  <div class=\"container container--spaced-lg\">\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"row\">\r\n      \r\n      <div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n                \r\n                \r\n  \t\t\t  \t\t\t<div class=\"img-inline img-offset-left-md\">\r\n          <picture class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\r\n            <source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bbb.jpg 768w\">\r\n                        <img data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bbb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid img-1-1\">\r\n          <\/picture>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n              <\/div>\r\n      \r\n      <div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n    \t\t<p>UK charity Surfers Against Sewage have mounted a series of campaigns designed to draw attention to the scourge of single-use plastics accumulating in our seas and on our coastlines. Most recently they\u2019ve turned their attention to the UK\u2019s political elite, highlighting how more than a million throwaway coffee cups were consumed in the Houses of Parliament over the past year.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<div>Putting the spotlight on policy makers also looks to be bearing fruit, with Environment Minister Michael Gove announcing this week that the UK will be introducing a Deposit Return Scheme to further incentivise the recycling of cans, plastics, and glass.\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><br \/>On a larger, global scale, the Plastic Pollution Coalition is an alliance of over 500 individuals, organizations and businesses that pledge to live a plastic-free lifestyle. The charity provides multiple guides outlining methods through which individuals and institutions can go plastic-free. They\u2019ve also produced a thought-provoking short film, narrated by actor Jeff\u00a0 Bridges, that reveals the extent of the challenge facing humanity.\u00a0<\/p>  \t\t<\/div>\r\n  \t\t\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    \r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/section><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-text-full-width-bold-ZL2M9W wp-block-lazyblock-text-full-width-bold\"><section class=\"fullwidth text-center\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n    <h4>Remarkably (and worryingly), the coalition estimates that by 2050 the world\u2019s oceans will contain more plastic than fish by weight.<\/h4>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"template":"","class_list":["post-11667","curious","type-curious","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"author":{"ID":11769,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2020-08-20 14:14:33","post_date_gmt":"2020-08-20 13:14:33","post_content":"","post_title":"Team Curious","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"team-curious","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-08-20 14:16:45","post_modified_gmt":"2020-08-20 13:16:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/?post_type=people&#038;p=11769","menu_order":0,"post_type":"people","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},"hero_video":"","hero_image":{"ID":11669,"id":11669,"title":"bbb-1","filename":"bbb-1.jpg","filesize":70635,"url":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bbb-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/curious\/2017\/mar\/what-lies-beneath\/attachment\/bbb-1","alt":"","author":"3","description":"","caption":"","name":"bbb-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":11667,"date":"2020-08-20 09:00:58","modified":"2020-08-20 09:00:58","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bbb-1-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bbb-1-300x113.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":113,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bbb-1-768x288.jpg","medium_large-width":640,"medium_large-height":240,"large":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bbb-1-1024x384.jpg","large-width":640,"large-height":240,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bbb-1-1536x576.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":576,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bbb-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":720,"Header":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bbb-1-1920x720.jpg","Header-width":1920,"Header-height":720,"Wide":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bbb-1.jpg","Wide-width":1920,"Wide-height":720,"Square":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bbb-1-1152x720.jpg","Square-width":768,"Square-height":480,"Tall":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bbb-1-768x720.jpg","Tall-width":307,"Tall-height":288,"Mobile":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bbb-1-768x720.jpg","Mobile-width":768,"Mobile-height":720,"Facebook":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bbb-1-1200x630.jpg","Facebook-width":1200,"Facebook-height":630,"Grid-Item-Square":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bbb-1-768x720.jpg","Grid-Item-Square-width":768,"Grid-Item-Square-height":720,"Grid-Item-Wide":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bbb-1-768x384.jpg","Grid-Item-Wide-width":768,"Grid-Item-Wide-height":384,"Grid-Item-Tall":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bbb-1-384x720.jpg","Grid-Item-Tall-width":307,"Grid-Item-Tall-height":576}},"meta-title":"","meta-description":"","social-media-image":false,"relateditems":false,"related_content_title":"YOU MAY ALSO LIKE"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/curious\/11667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/curious"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/curious"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}