plastics

“Action Nan”, otherwise known as Pat Smith, is an environmental campaigner, combing the beaches of Cornwall with many other volunteers, cleaning up the plastics that have gone to waste. But she also tries to cut it off at the source by trying to encourage local businesses to stop their use.

Plastic straws, cotton buds and drink stirrers are to be banned in the UK. The hope is that straw usage will reduce from 4.7 billion to only 44 million per year.

Fossils of plastic will create a permanent record of our throwaway culture, scientist warns.

And what you can do to help.