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Well done people! Islanders' recycling habits have now put the Isle of Wight among the top plastic recyclers in the country. Keep up the good work.

Download the Refill App to see where the 70+ refill stations are on the Isle of Wight, or look out for the stickers in windows to refill your water bottles and help reduce plastic pollution.

In just his Speedos, hat and goggles, endurance swimmer, Lewis Pugh, will be swimming past the Isle of Wight at the weekend as part of his mammoth 530km swim from Land's End to Dover.

An Isle of Wight invention of creating artificial habitats for marine wildlife has been shortlisted for a top award.

A two-year project that aims to reignite a sense of pride and passion in cultural heritage on the Isle of Wight was launched earlier this year. OnTheWight has more detail.

Latest figures from a Government department reveals that carbon dioxide emissions from freight and passenger transport on the Isle of Wight rose by 1.2% between 2011 and 2016, hampering efforts to cut CO2 levels on the Island.

Always innovating, this great little Isle of Wight business launches their latest idea in the constant battle of how to avoid sending unwanted plastic to landfill.

The new service allows people to check in on the quality of coastal water in Ventnor (and five other areas in the South).

Green Party co-leader and MP, Caroline Lucas, was on the Isle of Wight again last weekend, this time in support of Isle of Wight Pride.

The new marine plan provides a policy framework which will be used by regulators to help decide what activities take place in the marine environment and where and how it is developed, protected and improved in the next 20 years.

In a move unpopular with the public, the Isle of Wight council have decided to remove 29 Bottle banks from around the Island. Here's when your town/village will lose its bottle banks.