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Matt Fitz

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Plastic Paddy, Eastleigh breed, Fermanagh/Dublin kin. Galway now.

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Mark Roberts@robertsmark.bsky.social · yesterday

There’s an app called Purpl who provides discounts for disabled people. It’s not free, but you’ll save in the long run if you regularly use certain companies with various discounts (Morrisons with 10% off every shop is an example.) The cost is £12 a year, or £2 month. #r4today #bbcbreakfast

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Alison Stenning@alisonstenning.bsky.social · 2w ago

The plan is for a big volunteer nurdle effort tomorrow and Tuesday, after both high tides. So from 6 in the morning to start on Tynemouth Longsands. Details/info/context in the pic (attached twice with half of alt text in each). WhatsApp for organising here: chat.whatsapp.com/KXTZ6zO69si0...

There is a major volunteer effort kicking early in off from 6am Monday morning Longsands at the High Tide Line starting from Crusoe's to clear nurdle plastic pollution from our beaches and everyone in Tynemouth has a part of play. More teams being assembled and will branch off to other beaches so watch out for information including Monday Afternoon after the second High Tide. Based on expert advice the organisers have come to the conclusion that: • The insurers contractors are equipped and staffed only to handle the Fish Quay and nearly all of the equipment needed in the North East unlikely to be here for days. We can leave the Fish Quay to them but Tynemouth needs to step up, nobody else will. • The Tides this week, in particular Monday and Tuesday, are such that there is a golden opportunity to put a dent in this which otherwise we will regret. Residents here would never forgive ourselves if we let that happen. • With each High Tide this week more and more pellets will refloat and form the nice neat lines along the High Tide mark, easy for volunteers to sweep up. • It's been possible to locally manufacture enough filtering bags this weekend to support a big effort. Enough people who have already been volunteering have developed experience using them. • There's scope for others less experienced to sweep up material with just a couple of minutes training (without touching a single pellet). You brush/scrape it, they will filter out the pellets. So, if you have some time to spare before work, please come down. Don't expect perfection but do come and help. A few do's and don'ts: [Rest of alt-text attached to second identical pic]So, if you have some time to spare before work, please come down. Don't expect perfection but do come and help. A few do's and don'ts: 1. Don't step on the nurdles, this is the one thing which can make the situation worse. With the beaches in heavy use this has happened to much. 2. Do wear gloves (there will be plenty available or bring your own) it's not essential but helps the organisers minimise the work they need to do supervising less experienced folk. 3. Do wash your hands when finished. 4. Do leave the more experienced volunteers running the operation handle the filtering, this is more complicated 5. If possible bring a dustpan (and brush), you'll learn why..... This is not a small problem, the effects are long term and will be reduced by prompt action. The insurers have not bought enough resources to bear early enough and there's nothing we can do about that. Nurdles that embed into the beaches will break down into micro plastics over decades. We will likely experience a sustained period of this material coming ashore. There is still a substantial amount in the Tyne and sea which will come out in waves as the tides move. Even after the first stage of this ends, storms will bring it back several times over coming years. We are still in the short window where volunteers will make a difference, please consider helping.
Alison Stenning@alisonstenning.bsky.social · 2w ago

25 tonnes of nurdles, more than 1 billion nurdles, were spilled into the Tyne last week and are washing up on our beaches, north and south of the Tyne. Likely one of the largest ever plastic pollution events in the UK. There is remarkably little mention of this on here.

Guardian headline from Weds 22nd July reading: “One billion plastic pellets spilled into River Tyne after two ships collide Up to 25 tonnes of nurdles, the raw material for plastic manutacturing, have spread further than initially feared” With an image of a beach covered in nurdles.
Neil@enanem.bsky.social · 5d ago

When you bump into an ex and they don’t look that great, and it makes you feel a lot better about yourself. One of my exes is currently experiencing that.

Belfast Telegraph@belfasttelegraph.co.uk · 7d ago

A reward of up to £20,000 is being offered by Crimestoppers for information which leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the murder of Lyra McKee. Ms McKee (29) was shot dead by the New IRA in the Creggan area of Derry on 18 April 2019.

Reward of £20k offered by Crimestoppers to help catch Lyra McKee’s killers

Renewed appeal in Lyra McKee murder: PSNI and Crimestoppers offer a major reward for vital anonymous information

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