Hi Ally,
I have not! thank you very much, this could be very useful, especially those biodegradable zip ties! they are consistently found on beach cleans as i'm sure you know.
@Lloyd (Sea Trust) - Not a question, but a comment. Some really shocking images here of marine litter and its effect on wildlife. It highlights the scale and seriousness of the problem, keep up the good work in helping to resolve it!
Hi David,
Yeah, it hard to see it right on your doorstep! we often see images of exotic animals suffering in this way and it becomes easy to think it doesn't happen here, but unfortunately, its not the case. Thank you very much David!
Hi Lloyd in Wales already have the Clean Seas Wales partnership, speak to Peter Davies as he chairs it and Marine Conservation Society has 30 years of data on sources of litter which is available
Lloyd: On a local scale – what was the response of the businesses you went? did you have much convincing to do? Were attitudes changed?Have there been any other knock on effects in behaviour from them or indeed their customers?
Hi Helen,
(Answered in Q&A as well) The response in general was great, once they realised we were there to help and work along side them and not just tell them off they responded brilliantly. there was some convincing but in general attitudes did seem to change, some more than others. It's hard to know of any knock on effect directly but we have had interest from members of the public who had their own ideas and projects on local plastic pollution issues which we helped as much as we could and was great to see.
Thanks, Lloyd.
Hi Lloyd great work! Is there scope to look terrestrially as well - building on working with fishermen to looking at farmers and the plastic they use in their farming practices - could be a great link between MAS and Terrestrial AS?
Thank you very much, yes, working with farmers we have always had on the to do list but this event has really highlighted its importance to us and the work we are doing at the moment is likely to really help us transition nicely into working with the farming industry.
Thanks,
Lloyd
Dim problem, thank you very much. Through the project my work has only really evolved Goodwick & Fishguard but through volunteering with Surfers Against Sewage we definitely see some "hot spots" but these do vary depending on time of year and environmental factors. So say we have had our prevailing winds of SW for a week or so, you'd expect to find the more exposed Westerly beaches e.g. Freshwarer West to be the worst affected areas. Hope that answers your question.
Thanks,
Lloyd - further to Helen's question did you have any further engagement from the Young Farmers in looking at biodegradable feed bags or silage wrappings
Unfortunately not, after the current work on biodegradable polymers I feel we will be better equipped to contact them again with a more defined plan. I think the farming industry and Marine environment are heavily connected and would both benefit highly with improved resource management.
All:You spoke about the importance of data collection What would you like to see for Wales as a long term view in terms of data?What would you want to see & how can we achieve this, for a more joined up approach to water quality management?
I think the ideal long term data collection plan in regards ocean plastic pollution would look something like a national database of all beach rubbish collected on beach cleans, all collected using the same methodology. Ideally people would be paid to collect this data but it may also be possible by citizen science, there is a big beach clean effort but ran by many different groups, if it was managed at county level and then fed into a national database with open data for all, the quality of our knowledge base would be much higher leading to strong evidence based actions pin pointing on problem items. If the data was publicly available it may even show how our actions directly affect local area.
Thanks,
Well spoken Lloyd, the wildlife in the sea deserve better than to be strangulated by discarded fishing gear or digesting thrown away bate bags. First class presentation, makes people listen I hope!
Great presentation Lloyd, great to see that your work is going direct to the source of the plastic industry which is definitely the start of most of the waste, it would be great if they stopped using plastic at all, maybe one day. But great reminder to the public that leave there rubbish on the beach too. Photos really show the unseen damage it is doing to the wildlife. Great to here of such a active and community based way forward to tackle the issues. Can’t wait to see progress with the bait bags. Thanks for sharing your great work.
Thank you Emma, Yes, that would be the ideal and may be the future. Although it's likely to always be in our life as it's such an amazing material, I think i behaviour with it has to change, value it a lot more highly and recycle it as much as we can, not letting that valuable resource be discarded into the environment. yes, the photos are not nice to see but shows that this is happening here, not just abroad with turtles etc. Yes, we love working together to solve issues. No problem, thank you for watching.
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Hi Lloyd, Nice talk. Have you come across this company? https://www.bese-products.com/biodegradable-products/
Hi Ally, I have not! thank you very much, this could be very useful, especially those biodegradable zip ties! they are consistently found on beach cleans as i'm sure you know.
Thanks, LLoyd
QUESTION SUBMITTED LIVE:
David Gold:
@Lloyd (Sea Trust) - Not a question, but a comment. Some really shocking images here of marine litter and its effect on wildlife. It highlights the scale and seriousness of the problem, keep up the good work in helping to resolve it!
Hi David, Yeah, it hard to see it right on your doorstep! we often see images of exotic animals suffering in this way and it becomes easy to think it doesn't happen here, but unfortunately, its not the case. Thank you very much David!
QUESTION SUBMITTED LIVE:
Gill Bell:
Hi Lloyd in Wales already have the Clean Seas Wales partnership, speak to Peter Davies as he chairs it and Marine Conservation Society has 30 years of data on sources of litter which is available
Hi Gill, I know Peter Davies, a great man doing some amazing work, he's so up to date and somehow knows everything that's going on. Thank you!
QUESTION SUBMITTED LIVE:
Helen Haider:
Lloyd: On a local scale – what was the response of the businesses you went? did you have much convincing to do? Were attitudes changed?Have there been any other knock on effects in behaviour from them or indeed their customers?
Hi Helen, (Answered in Q&A as well) The response in general was great, once they realised we were there to help and work along side them and not just tell them off they responded brilliantly. there was some convincing but in general attitudes did seem to change, some more than others. It's hard to know of any knock on effect directly but we have had interest from members of the public who had their own ideas and projects on local plastic pollution issues which we helped as much as we could and was great to see. Thanks, Lloyd.
QUESTION SUBMITTED LIVE:
Harriet Robinson:
Hi Lloyd great work! Is there scope to look terrestrially as well - building on working with fishermen to looking at farmers and the plastic they use in their farming practices - could be a great link between MAS and Terrestrial AS?
Hi Harriet,
Thank you very much, yes, working with farmers we have always had on the to do list but this event has really highlighted its importance to us and the work we are doing at the moment is likely to really help us transition nicely into working with the farming industry. Thanks, Lloyd
QUESTION SUBMITTED LIVE:
Paul Harries:
Diolch Lloyd, congratulations on your project, have you been able to identify any "hot spots" for plastic pollution in the Pembrokeshire area.
Hi Paul,
Dim problem, thank you very much. Through the project my work has only really evolved Goodwick & Fishguard but through volunteering with Surfers Against Sewage we definitely see some "hot spots" but these do vary depending on time of year and environmental factors. So say we have had our prevailing winds of SW for a week or so, you'd expect to find the more exposed Westerly beaches e.g. Freshwarer West to be the worst affected areas. Hope that answers your question. Thanks,
Lloyd
QUESTION SUBMITTED LIVE:
Rowland Sharp:
Lloyd - further to Helen's question did you have any further engagement from the Young Farmers in looking at biodegradable feed bags or silage wrappings
Hi Rowland,
Unfortunately not, after the current work on biodegradable polymers I feel we will be better equipped to contact them again with a more defined plan. I think the farming industry and Marine environment are heavily connected and would both benefit highly with improved resource management.
Thanks,
Lloyd
QUESTION SUBMITTED LIVE:
Helen Haider:
All:You spoke about the importance of data collection What would you like to see for Wales as a long term view in terms of data?What would you want to see & how can we achieve this, for a more joined up approach to water quality management?
Hi Helen,
I think the ideal long term data collection plan in regards ocean plastic pollution would look something like a national database of all beach rubbish collected on beach cleans, all collected using the same methodology. Ideally people would be paid to collect this data but it may also be possible by citizen science, there is a big beach clean effort but ran by many different groups, if it was managed at county level and then fed into a national database with open data for all, the quality of our knowledge base would be much higher leading to strong evidence based actions pin pointing on problem items. If the data was publicly available it may even show how our actions directly affect local area. Thanks,
Lloyd
Well spoken Lloyd, the wildlife in the sea deserve better than to be strangulated by discarded fishing gear or digesting thrown away bate bags. First class presentation, makes people listen I hope!
Hi Helga, Thank you very much! I agree, thank you.
Lloyd
Great presentation Lloyd, great to see that your work is going direct to the source of the plastic industry which is definitely the start of most of the waste, it would be great if they stopped using plastic at all, maybe one day. But great reminder to the public that leave there rubbish on the beach too. Photos really show the unseen damage it is doing to the wildlife. Great to here of such a active and community based way forward to tackle the issues. Can’t wait to see progress with the bait bags. Thanks for sharing your great work.
Thank you Emma, Yes, that would be the ideal and may be the future. Although it's likely to always be in our life as it's such an amazing material, I think i behaviour with it has to change, value it a lot more highly and recycle it as much as we can, not letting that valuable resource be discarded into the environment. yes, the photos are not nice to see but shows that this is happening here, not just abroad with turtles etc. Yes, we love working together to solve issues. No problem, thank you for watching.