By Cathy Elelman •
Published: 22 Aug 2019 • 10:32
SPAIN dumps more plastic into the Mediterranean every year than any other country except Turkey, according to a new study.
The Aquae Foundation says data from the European Parliament Studies Service, Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund reveals Spain is responsible for 126 tonnes of plastic finding its way into the Med annually.
Turkey dumps 144 tonnes, Italy 90, Egypt 77 and France 66.
Plastic represents 95 per cent of the residues found in the Mediterranean; between 20 and 54 per cent of the planet’s microplastic plastic particles of less than five milimetres diameter are floating about in the Med.
Scientists say 134 Mediterranean marine species are affected by ingesting microplastic, including fish, marine birds, turtles and mammals like bottle nosed dolphins and sperm whales
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Cathy Elelman is the local writer for the Costa de Almeria edition of the Euro Weekly News.
Based in Mojacar for the last 21 years, Cathy is very much part of the local community and is always well and truly up on all the latest news and events going on in this region of Spain.
Her top goals are to do the best job she can informing the local English-speaking community, visitors to the area and the wider world about about the news in Almeria, to learn something new every day, and to embrace very new challenge this fast-changing world brings her way.
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