News, Articles & Opinion on Marine Waste Management from Water Witch

Paradise Lost In The Plastic Tide. To make our beaches and sea cleaner, the travel and tourism industry needs to work on combating plastic pollution in the ocean. ​There used to be a time when I sat on a beach on a distant shore and wished for a bottle to wash ashore...

Once hailed as a miracle product, plastic now inhabits every inch of our homes, our towns, our rivers and oceans. From single use plastic to microplastics. Every inch of our planet is now saturated. It has woven itself so deeply into the fabric of our society and our...

There are over 165 million tonnes of plastic in our oceans and another 9 million tonnes entering each year. Are there any realistic solutions to stop it? Single-use plastics are filling up our landfills, choking our rivers, and contaminating our oceans. Mainstream...

The extent of the problem and a preventative solution A material that was once heralded as a wonder-product at the turn of the century is now slowly killing our marine habitats and poisoning our seas. How bad is it? Jackie Caddick, Director of Water Witch, a waterway...