Plastic

Group in blue high vis jackets standing on Gower beach with litter pickers

Join the Great British Beach Clean, whether on land or on the coast

Face masks are increasingly being washed up on British beaches.

PPE litter washing up on British beaches due to coronavirus pandemic

War on Plastic with Hugh and Anita. © Jacky Sloane/Keo Films

When is War on Plastic with Hugh and Anita on TV?

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11 tonnes of litter removed from British beaches

UK shoppers buy a whopping 54 of these 'bags for life' a year on average. © Martin Poole/Getty

‘Bags for life’ exacerbating the plastic problem

Manta feeding in trash Indo - Copyright Andrea Marshall, Marine Megafauna Foundation

Ocean giants consuming microplastics when feeding

Detail of hands showing microplastics on the beach

People & Wildlife

Everything you need to know about microplastics

Plastic straws. © Kyryl Gorlov

Ban on some single-use plastics in England

BBC Wildlife goes plastic-free with help from Ecotricity

Jellyfish and litter. © Blacklenz/Getty

Rise of ocean plastic revealed via 60 years of data

Tower Bridge, City Hall and the Shard. © Shomos Uddin/Getty

Majority of litter in the River Thames is single-use

© Surfers Against Sewage

36,000kg of plastic waste picked by volunteers