This a short but poignant article. Yesterday I went for a walk along a remote beach, not far away from where I grew up on the West Coast of Scotland. I was truly shocked at the level of pollution that had washed up on the shore. In the short 200m distance I walked along, I came across the following objects:

1x Boulles ball

1x Childs bike

3x Big plastic crates

1x Half a bottle of ketchup

1x Half a bottle of motor oil

1x Washing machine drum

1x Ladder!!

36x Plastic drinking bottles

3x Fishing nets

1x Childs Potty

All of these items will eventually biodegrade to a microscopic scale – eventually being ingested by fish and other marine life causing horrific suffering and ultimately ending up back on our plates.

We must think critically with every single purchase we make as to whether we truly need this item and whether we can buy more sustainable environmentally friendly alternatives. It is not only a economic imperative but a deeply moral one too.

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