The Plastic That Kills

The Plastic That Kills

Phasing out plastic by reducing demand is the only option writes Columban missionary, Fr Shay Cullen. It is encouraging to see active youth groups walking along beaches and riverbanks scooping up discarded plastic wrappings, bottles, bags, slippers and plastic junk...
The Plastic That Kills

Living Without Destructive Plastic

Our modern world depends on plastic to sustain its present lifestyle. But that lifestyle, built on the plastic revolution, has a dangerous dark side warns Fr Shay Cullen. Plastic was and is a magical invention. It is a material based on oil and has thousands of...
Plastic Oceans

Plastic Oceans

As the oceans teem with plastic, Fr Séan McDonagh calls for a ban on single use plastic and for a change in the way plastics are produced and used. We need to recognise the extraordinary damage plastic poses to our oceans. Dame Ellen MacArthur is a record-breaking...