Disposable plastic items have been ruinous for the environment, especially the oceans.
In the 2018 documentary Drowning in Plastic, Irish science and history presenter Liz Bonnin teams up with marine biologists and campaigners to investigate the true damage plastic has caused to oceans. There are trillions of bits of plastic in the sea. Are there any realistic plans to remove a large proportion of them, and to stem the wave of plastic being hurled into the environment? Liz finds out.