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05.06.09 - Campaigns, CSO's, Marine Litter, News, Sewage and Sickness, Threats To Watersports, Toxics

Surfers Celebrate As Mermaid’s Tears Stop Falling

Clean water campaigners from Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) are joined by mermaids in celebrating a campaign victory today, World Environment Day, with 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, commonly referred to as mermaid's tears. SAS had identified these mermaid's tears on beaches in abundance all over the UK and exposed plastic factories as a source of this pollutant. Photocall: SAS campaigners and 2 beautiful mermaids will be at the BPF headquarters at 12 noon on Friday the 5th of June,... Read more