SAS campaigners were in London on Friday, World Environment Day, celebrating a campaign victory on the problem of mermaid's tears.
As you'll already know from our ongoing campaign, mermaid's tears are one of the most common litter items on UK beaches. They are the raw material from which plastic products are made and can be a persistent problem in the environment. Once in the sea, they can increase in toxicity as they adsorb aquaphobic chemicals, carcinogenics and PCBs, that can bioaccumulate (work their way up the food chain). As mermaid's tears resemble fish eggs, SAS are concerned that they are not only unsightly on beaches, but can potentially have an impact on our health by entering the food chain.
Due to the calls made by SAS, World Environment Day finally saw the release of the British Plastic Federation's (BPF) Operation Clean Sweep (OCS) guidance manual. OCS is aimed at improving British plastic factories efficient use of plastic pellets, advising them on just how to keep hold of their precious raw material, and importantly, keep them off our beaches and coastlines.
We are stoked to finally see that this guidance has been released, which should help clean up beaches right around the UK!
Read more here:
http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/41201/news.htm
http://www.sas.org.uk/news/2009/06/05/surfers-celebrate-as-mermaids-tears-stop-falling/
http://surferspath.mpora.com/news/environment/sas-take-plastic-trash-to-the-british-plastics-federation.html
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