Birdwatch

I found it annoying and at first wasn't entirely sure why. Surely a move to reduce waste (with great public and corporate and government support!) should be celebrated? But I didn't feel celebratory, I felt quite the opposite.

As I was walking home from work last week I saw two dead toads flattened on the road and I realised why the bag debate had got me down.

One of the images used in a national daily last week was that of a turtle dying from an ingested plastic bag; a very emotive image but barely relevant '“ to us in the UK anyway.

Waste disposal and plastic bags do not feature on the top 10 threats to marine life.

For full feature see West Sussex Gazette March 19