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Pacific 'rubbish superhighway' going unnoticed
By Kim Landers ABC News 1 Nov 07

Everyday objects condemn sea life to death
Ian Johnston The Scotsman 23 Oct 07

Seafood caught in the wild may also be unsafe for consumption Letter from Betty L Khoo-Kingsley (Ms) Straits Times Forum 16 Oct 07

"Think globally, clean locally" UNEP and Google Put International Cleanup Weekend onto Millions of Computers across the World UNEP 4 Oct 07

The coast is not clear: tyre and table among trash found
By Shobana Kesava Straits Times 20 Sep 07

The foam on the shore is really styrofoam
By Shobana Kesava The Straits Times 16 Sep 07

Breaking the cycle of plastics in the ocean
Story by Andrew Myers Ocean
Conservancy Magazine Autumn 2007


Plastic waste threat to marine life
The Observer The Guardian 16 Sep 07

Study ties more marine debris to El Nino
Yahoo News 14 Sep 07

Coastal cleanup reduces risk to wildlife
By Dinah Voyles Pulver Daytona Beach Journal Online 8 Sep 07

Discarded plastic bags and other debris
threaten marine life, experts say

Kathryn Young Canada West News Service 8 Sep 07

Hawksbill turtles fight losing pollution battle in Indonesia
by Nabiha Shahab Yahoo News 30 Aug 07

Plastic bags are killing us
By Katharine Mieszkowski Salon.com

Straws not only killer litter, they endanger wildlife too
Letter from George Jacobs Straits Times Forum 9 Aug 07

Save the Earth - let's start with styrofoam
Letter from Toh Li Li (Miss)
Straits Times Forum 20 Jul 07


'Ghost fishing' killing seabirds
BBC 28 Jun 07

Jakarta Bay end destination for much of city's trash
Adianto P. Simamora Jakarta Post 25 Jun 07

Sad death of whale spurs call to tighten up on litter
Neil Riddell Shetland Today 15 Jun 07

Plastic from Asia blights Hawaii's beaches
By Matt Wells BBC News, Hawaii BBC 11 Jun 07

Study: El Nino Boosts Marine Debris Risks For Monk Seals
The Hawaii Channel 11 Jun 07

7M pounds of trash pulled from waterways
By Brian Skoloff, Associated Press Yahoo News 7 Jun 07

Plastic bags ARE the enemy Letter from Sam Bateman (Dr) S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Nanyang Technological University Straits Times 16 May 07

Rubbish ruining fragile coastline
BBC 20 Apr 07

Sungei Buloh rubbish comes from Johor Straits
Letter from Wong Tuan Wah Director, Conservation National Parks Board Straits Times Forum 2 Feb 07

Rubbish everywhere at Sungei Buloh
Letter from Katharine Evans (Ms) Edinburgh, United Kingdom Straits Times Forum 31 Jan 07

Plastics 'poisoning world's seas'
By Maggie Ayre Producer, Costing The Earth BBC 7 Dec 06

Lion's share of overnight rubbish in East Coast Park from McDonald's and 7-Eleven
Letter from Tan Ken Jin Straits Times Online 15 Nov 06

Plastic trash vortex menaces Pacific sealife: study
By Deborah Zabarenko Yahoo News 5 Nov 06

70 divers help clean parts of seabed at Pulau Hantu
By May Wong Channel NewsAsia 4 Nov 06

Plastic Shopping Bag Kills 'Temata', Beaked Whale Stranded in the Cook Islands Underwater times 27 Oct 06

Beaches here cleaned daily
Reply from NEA and MPA The Straits Times 3 Sep 06

We're doing our best to keep S'pore beaches clean: NEA, MPA Today Online 25 Aug 06

Altered oceans: A plague of plastic chokes the seas
By Kenneth R. Weiss Los Angeles Times 2 Aug 06

Punggol beach not so clean
Letter by Gene Kam Straits Times Forum Page, 25 Jul 05

8 million pounds of trash plucked from world beaches
Associated Press News Journal online 23 Jul 06

Worldwide coastal cleanup bags 4,000 tons of debris
by Jeannette J. Lee PlanetSave website 19 May 05

Study finds plastic in 95% of dead birds
John Vincent news.scotsman.com 28 Dec 05

Concern in Australia over marine debris
Indian Ocean South-East Asian Marine Turtle MOU website 13 Jul 06


Marine groups in Scotland support plastic bag levy to protect sea life WWF Online 20 Jun 05

Problem is disposal, not use
Better environmental awareness would remove need to limit use of bags Letter to Today Online from the Singapore Chemical Industry Council, 15 Jun 05

Worldwide coastal cleanup bags 4,000 tons of debris
by Jeannette J. Lee PlanetSave website, 19 May 05

Youth to clean up Chek Jawa Today, 18 Sep 04

You CAN make a difference
Change
your own shopping habits
Encourage others to do the same

ACT against litter that harms the environment
It's NOT just about picking up litter...

learn more about Singapore's own Coastal Cleanup effort
join our own ICCS efforts, subscribe to the mailing list to be updated on upcoming efforts

More links
The Trash Vortex on the Greenpeace website
Altered Oceans: 5 part special on the Los Angeles Times website
 
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