The Environmental Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

Seabirds, whales, seals, turtles, and fish mistake plastic bags, bottles, and microplastics (fragments smaller than 5 millimeters) for food, leading to ingestion and starvation. Microplastics can also absorb and concentrate harmful toxins in the ocean, entering the food chain and bioaccumulating in predators like fish and shellfish.

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Plastics Microplastics Pollution Waste 195

AGreenLiving

AUGUST 17, 2021

That process brings microplastics right back to our table inside seafood and field-grown crops. Original post: 4ocean and Poralu Marine present BeBot, the beach cleaning robot. It’s wasteful during production, often has a limited life-cycle in single-use products and ends up in waterways and food supplies.

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Plastics Seafood Microplastics Biodiversity 28

Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2020

But some campaigners believe the public debate on greener diets has been too focused on meat and dairy, allowing the seafood industry to swim on in the shadows. The campaign encourages people to ditch all seafood for the month of February and instead adopt "plant-based, sustainable ways of eating".

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Seafood Plastics Sustainability Government 90

AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 1, 2019

So are larger meat , dairy and seafood groups. For example, Seafood Analytics provides measurements for quality assurance and safety. Seafood was a big focus as well – we heard from companies like BlueNalu, Shiok Meat, and Finless Foods. Investors are paying attention. And yet the industry still has a long way to go.

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