Safety on public transport
There have been reports of increasing incidents on public transport threatening the safety of both passengers and staff.
A large amount of plastic is accumulating in large areas of the sea. These areas have been dubbed 'great garbage patches' or 'plastic continents'. The long term environmental impacts of marine plastic pollution are unknown. There are concerns that it may lead to chemical contaminants entering the food chain, although more research is required.
Marine litter: 'continents' of rubbish (105KB PDF)
A large amount of plastic is accumulating in large areas of the sea. These areas have been dubbed ‘great garbage patches’ or ‘plastic continents’. The long term environmental impacts of marine plastic pollution are unknown. There are concerns that it may lead to chemical contaminants entering the food chain, although more research is required.
Marine litter: 'continents' of rubbish (105KB PDF)
There have been reports of increasing incidents on public transport threatening the safety of both passengers and staff.
Farm funding from the government is available through the Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes and grants supporting areas such as innovation, technology and animal welfare.
This briefing paper provides an overview of flood and coastal risk management in the UK, including which bodies manage risk, current policy on flood risk management, and how flood funding works.