Marine Conservation Society

Study: Plastic pollution on UK beaches rises by 10 per cent

Waste

Study: Plastic pollution on UK beaches rises by 10 per cent

Three quarters of a million pieces of plastic litter were collected by Marine Conservation Society volunteers in 2023, equating to two pieces of litter per every metre of beach

clock 19 March 2025 • 3 min read
Study: UK bottom trawling fishing ban could unlock £3bn economic boost

Biodiversity

Study: UK bottom trawling fishing ban could unlock £3bn economic boost

Findings come from cost-benefit analysis of banning destructive industrial fishing practices in marine protected areas carried out by the Marine Conservation Society

clock 29 June 2023 • 4 min read
'Concerning': Mackerel taken off sustainable seafood menu amid overfishing concerns

Biodiversity

'Concerning': Mackerel taken off sustainable seafood menu amid overfishing concerns

Marine Conservation Society’s latest ‘Good Fish Guide’ relegates mackerel from green list, while eel and Celtic cod remain on unsustainable red list

clock 04 April 2023 • 3 min read
Marine Conservation Society joins legal action against government sewage spill plan

Politics

Marine Conservation Society joins legal action against government sewage spill plan

Conservation charity becomes co-claimant in legal action against the government over alleged failures in plan to tackle sewage overflows

clock 28 November 2022 • 4 min read
Boots joins push to end sale of plastic-based wet wipes

Recycling

Boots joins push to end sale of plastic-based wet wipes

The retailer sold 800 million wet wipes last year, but plans to end the sale of such products containing plastic by the end of 2022

clock 19 April 2022 • 3 min read
'The current rules are failing': Calls grow for a global ocean protection treaty

Biodiversity

'The current rules are failing': Calls grow for a global ocean protection treaty

As countries meet in New York this week to discuss marine environmental protection efforts, campaigners are demanding a fresh global treaty to tackle the problem

clock 07 March 2022 • 5 min read
Government urged to draw up 'climate-smart' strategy for UK fishing industry

Biodiversity

Government urged to draw up 'climate-smart' strategy for UK fishing industry

Report by WWF, Marine Conservation Society and RSPB claims UK fisheries are responsible for emitting nearly 1,000 kilotons of CO2 in a year

clock 18 August 2021 • 3 min read

Carbon Accounting

'Critical to the UK's carbon strategy': Conservationists call for national 'blue carbon' strategy

Green groups argue rewilding UK waters must be a central tenet of government’s net zero plans

clock 03 May 2021 • 3 min read

Supplier

Thai Union and Tesco pledge to clean up tuna supply chains as demand surges

Thai Union has committed to implementing 100 per cent monitoring of its tuna supply chain by 2025, while Tesco pledged to make all its tuna MSC-certified by 2025

clock 04 March 2021 • 3 min read

Waste

Aldi joins campaign to turn back the period products plastics tide

German discount supermarket Aldi is removing plastic applicators from its own-brand tampons from the end of this month

clock 23 January 2020 • 2 min read