Ditch the Plastic, Make HELSTON Fantastic!

Cornish beaches have the worst record in the UK for plastic debris.

10 day old pup
This 10 day old seal pup battled against plastic bottles on the north coast in November
turtle in plastic
Turtles eat plastic bags thinking they are jellyfish. Barbs in their throat designed to help swallow jellyfish mean that they cannot regurgitate plastic which then kills them.
no away
This was taken locally but is often seen at the side of the road. Throw it away - there is NO away!

Our marine life is abundant around the Lizard peninsula. Sign up to the Cornwall Wildlife Trust Yahoo group for sighting alerts.

Plastic Planet is a 10 minute film about plastic bags that can be found on MySpace videos - well worth a look.

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