Turning the Tide on Plastic

Author Lucy Siegle
Narrator Hugo Tagholm, Lucy Siegle
Publisher Orion
Publish Date 26 July 2018
Run Time 6 hours and 45 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Impact of science and technology on society, Pollution and threats to the environment, Pollution control, Self-sufficiency and ‘green’ lifestyle, Waste management.

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Enough plastic is thrown away every year to circle the world 4 times
More than 8 million tonnes of plastic enter the oceans each year
300 million tonnes of new plastic is produced every year
An estimated 15-51 trillion pieces of plastic now litter the world's oceans
38.5 million plastic bottles are used every day in the UK
A million plastic bottles are used per minute around the world
500 million plastic straws are used per year

Plastic flows into our lives from every direction and most of it is not recycled. Instead it is incinerated or ends up in landfill, where it will sit for hundreds of years, or enters the world's seas where it fragments into tiny pieces to become microplastics - the environmental scourge of our times. Without big action, at the current rate, pieces of plastic will outnumber fish in the ocean by 2050. That is the legacy we are leaving our children and grandchildren.

Turning the tide on Plastic is here just in time. Journalist, broadcaster and eco lifestyle expert Lucy Siegle provides a powerful call to arms to end the plastic pandemic along with the tools we need to make decisive change. It is a clear-eyed, authoritative and accessible guide to help us to take decisive and effective personal action. If only 12 of us adopt Lucy's 'reduce, rethink, refill, refuse' approach, we could potentially ditch 3K-15K single items of plastic in a year. When we consider our power as influencers - whether at school, the hairdressers, at work or on the bus - we suddenly become part of something significant. So now is the time to speak up, take action and demand the change you want to see in the ocean, in the supermarket aisles and on the streets. It's time to turn the tide on plastic, and this book will show you how.

This audio edition features exclusive extra material, including:

An interview with Hugo Tagholm, CEO of Surfers Against Sewage

An interview with Emily Penn, Mission Director and co-founder of eXXpedition, recorded live from Hawaii ahead of eXXpedition's voyage through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the densest ocean plastic accumulation zone on the planet.

Tips from Fiona Llewelyn, Chair of Plastic Free St.Agnes, for how your community can cut down plastic use.

Written and Read by Lucy Siegle

(p) Orion Publishing Group Ltd 2018

Critics Review

‘Lucy is one of the true plastic-pollution pioneers’ HUGO TAGHOLM, CEO Surfers Against Sewage

‘It is a great gift to be able to take a difficult and technical subject and turn it into a conversation with a friend that really stimulates you. Congratulations then to Lucy Siegle …where most books on the environment blend the whiff of cordite with the style of Old Testament prophet. This book is special because it genuinely addresses the genius and threat of plastic and suggests solutions along the way. Most of all it is written in such a way as makes you want to read it rather than suffer through it. Intelligent, witty, passionate and serious of intent. This is a gem of a book- a primer and a call to action that will genuinely drive change.’ SIR TIM SMIT, co-founder of the Eden Project

‘Feisty, excellent journalism, as you’d expect from Lucy Siegle, but also great practical ways we can all kick the plastic habit and start turning the tide. A must-buy, must-read book’ KATE HUMBLE

‘Lucy Siegle turned the tide on the fashion pandemic in her last book. Now she turns her attention and brings her authority to bear on plastic, the environmental struggle of our age’. LIVIA FIRTH, UN Leader of Change and Founder of Eco Age Ltd.

‘Turning the Tide on Plastic is great, providing not just a cracking analysis of how we’ve let the plastics monster trash our planet, but a step-by-step guide on what we can do to start putting things right.’ JONATHON PORRITT, Founder, Forum for the Future

‘Long before plastic pollution rose to the top of the public’s consciousness, Lucy was a constant voice asking difficult questions and demanding answers on behalf of all of us. This excellent book tells the heartbreaking truth about the scale of the problem. It is a heroic wake-up call for everyone to take action, for the sake of future generations. I hope it will be part of the sea change our planet needs.’ RICHARD WALKER, CEO Iceland

‘Turning The Tide on Plastic suggests simple and practical ways in which each one of us can help to reduce the use of plastic. I urge everyone to read it and take action.’ DR JANE GOODALL DBE, world-leading primatologist and anthropologist

An impassioned and highly practical account of how to reduce our plastic consumption.

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[An] eye-opening manifesto…This is THE guide on how to turn the tide on plastic.

SUNDAY TIMES STYLE Instagram

A clear-sighted and immensely useful overview of the problems caused by plastic and the potential solutions.

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