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'Your balloon releases aren't going to heaven'

Naomi Spittles refuses to provide balloons for memorial releases and says "it infuriates me".

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'Your balloon releases aren't going to heaven'
Source: BBC Science

What’s Happening

Not gonna lie, Naomi Spittles refuses to provide balloons for memorial releases and says “it infuriates me”.

Your balloon releases arent going to heaven 6 hours ago Save Jasmine Lowe East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Save Jasmine Lowe/BBC News Naomi Spittles dropped “It fr infuriates me that people still think that balloons go up to heaven” A balloon seller says she refuses to serve users who intend to release them because of the environmental impact and danger to wildlife. Naomi Spittles, 32, from Lincoln, has been trading for eight years and was just asked to provide 200 balloons for a memorial, but turned the order down. (wild, right?)

She has called for balloon releases to be banned nationally: “What goes up, must come down, and they dont go to heaven.

The Details

” NABAS which represents the balloon and party industry dropped: “We do not support the release of helium balloons in any way. Whilst it is not rn illegal, dropped balloons create unwanted and sometimes dangerous litter both on land and in the sea.

” RSPCA The RSPCA found a duckling in West Bromwich with the ribbon from a balloon in its mouth According to the Marine Conservation Society, more than 100 local authorities across the UK have banned balloon or lantern releases. It has become popular for people to release colourful balloons into the sky as a way of promoting a celebration or remembering a loved one.

Why This Matters

Spittles dropped: “I get that people grieve differently but I dont think people realise the impact a balloon release has on the environment. ” the balloons for this reason at least I know that Im not going to have contributed to a potential death of an animal. ” Jasmine Lowe/BBC News Salisbury dropped balloons often get mistaken for food or tangled around wildlife Kirsty Salisbury, manager of East Riding Coastal Services, was walking her dog on Bridlington beach in February and found “four or five balloons” in one area.

The scientific community tends to find developments like this significant.

Key Takeaways

  • “Ive found balloons with animals attached.
  • Ive actually found a dead puffin too,” she dropped.

The Bottom Line

“Ive found balloons with animals attached. Ive actually found a dead puffin too,” she dropped.

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