Blue Planet II Has Inspired the BBC to Ban All Plastic Containers and Utensils by 2020

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One organization, the BBC in England, has banned single use plastic cups and utensils. This move would save over 2 million cups alone from entering the waste stream!

Blue Planet II and Sir David Attenborough have convinced the BBC to start taking plastic pollution seriously. The news and media company has announced plans to ban all plastic cups, utensils, and containers by 2020. When the BBC nature documentary series “Blue Planet II” aired in October 2017, series narrator and naturalist Sir David Attenborough asked that people around the world begin taking plastic pollution more seriously . Plastic is not only affecting animal life, but may even be contaminating our tap water in the form of tiny particles. If nothing is done, plastic pollution will become even more […]

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