Password: 1234qsI Plastic bottle washes up looking 'almost new' after nearly 50 years at seaCoastguard expresses shock after decades-old piece of debris ends up on UK beach A 47 year old washing liquid bottle was found on Brean Beach in Somerset. Photograph: Burnham Coastguard/Facebook A 47 year old washing liquid bottle was found on Brean Beach in Somerset. Photograph: Burnham Coastguard/Facebook A plastic washing-up bottle that is at least 47 years old has been found washed up on a beach in the UK with its lettering and messaging still clear, prompting warnings about the enduring problem of plastic waste. The item, found by a coastguard warden at a beach in Somerset, “still looks almost new”, said the organisation. “We were staggered yesterday by how much debris has washed up on the beach,” wrote the Burnham Coastguard on Facebook. “It’s shocking how long … rubbish can survive and ultimately harm nature.” The bottle advertises itself as 4d off, meaning it dates back to before decimalisation was introduced in Britain in 1971, making it at least 47 years old.
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Read more The item – spotted among seaweed at Brean beach near Burnham-on-Sea – was a Fairy Liquid bottle, whose advertising slogan decades ago touted its mild and gentle properties, particularly for your hands. Some types of plastic bottles take 450 years to break down. The UK produces more than 170m tonnes of waste a year, much of it food packaging, and only a third of plastic packaging is recycled. Plastic waste is so ubiquitous that micro-plastics and fibres, some smaller than the width of a human hair, have been found in shellfish, tap water, honey, sugar and table salt. Very little is yet known about the health impact of these microplastics, which are ingested by humans and animals. Burnham coastguard urged people to reduce plastic use and making sure they disposed of rubbish in bins, especially when at the beach. They also encouraged people to be careful with what they flushed down the toilet, saying “cotton buds are the worst offenders” and to join a local beach clean-up group. Since you’re here…… we have a small favour to ask. More people are reading the Guardian than ever, but advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. And unlike many news organisations, we haven’t put up a paywall – we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. So you can see why we need to ask for your help. The Guardian is editorially independent. So we set our own agenda. Our journalism is free from commercial bias. It isn’t influenced by billionaire owners, politicians or shareholders. No one edits our Editor. No one steers our opinion. This means we can give a voice to the voiceless. It lets us challenge the powerful - and hold them to account. And at a time when factual, honest reporting is critical, it’s what sets us apart from so many others. The Guardian’s long term sustainability relies on the support that we receive directly from our readers. And we would like to thank the hundreds of thousands who are helping to secure our future. But we cannot stop here. As more of you offer your ongoing support, we can keep investing in quality investigative journalism and analysis. We can remain a strong, progressive force that is open to all. If everyone who reads our reporting, who likes it, helps to support it, our future would be much more secure. For as little as $1, you can support the Guardian – and it only takes a minute. Thank you. There is a lot of clapping and tapping in the music classes this quintile! Tempo beat and rhythm were the most important terms in all classes. The students of the 5-year-old class practiced creating a steady beat using their bodies and instruments. They also listened to famous classical works based on stories: "Peter and The Wolf", "The Nutcracker", "The Carnival of the Animals" and "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". In the 6-year-old class students also practiced keeping steady beats, but worked on distinguishing loud/soft, high/low, and slow/fast, too. The 7-year-olds learned to identify when music was high-pitched or low-pitched by looking at the musical notation and by listening to the sounds, and they practiced singing and playing simple rhythms that included rests. The 8-year-old class played duple rhythms and rhythms with rests on percussion instruments and were able to accompany "Trepak", (the Russian dance from "The Nutcracker Suite") on these instruments. The 9, 10 and 11-year-old classes started learning the language of music: reading notes on the grand staff. They began ear training by singing a number of musical rounds, which will help students stay in tune when singing choral pieces in two parts. They also created a beautiful sound in a combination 9, 10, and 11-year-old choir. The emphasis for the 12/13-year-old class was beat and rhythm as well. They researched rap music to explore a genre largely created by rhythm. They also began singing songs with syncopated rhythms, including one in the Icelandic language. The Instrumental Music students have learned music theory basics and simple techniques for playing piano. A couple students are applying what they have learned to guitar and ukulele. There is never a dull moment in the music classes this year!
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