A wildlife expert told to walk along the Taff river in Cardiff was horrified by the volume of plastic rubbish he spotted littering the banks. Tim Birch called the pollution a “plastic crisis”.
Mr Birch is senior policy and advocacy manager for Wildlife Trusts Wales, and had been told by a friend that the river running through the city is lovely but what he saw shocked him. For the latest Cardiff news, sign up to our newsletter here
In an article for Cardiff Times, Tim wrote: “The amount of plastic pollution strewn along the banks of the river was the worst I have ever seen in the UK. It wasn’t in just one or two spots but along extensive stretches of the riverbank.”
‘We asked Cardiff council for a comment on the problem and were told that it was not the local authority’s responsibility and to contact the Welsh Government’s environmental arm Natural Resources Wales. However NRW told us it was unable to comment on the issue as it is “not within their remit.”’ and therein lies the problem. If we’re to take littering seriously it needs it’s own dedicated team from local councils.
Plastics. Well… it’s better than plastic explosives.
Y’know?
