Now playing Next United Kingdom 47-year-old plastic bottle washes up among debris on British coast "It is a stark reminder of what the long term effects of plastic usage are". 09/10/2018
Now playing Next world news World Cleanup Day 2018: The largest waste collection day in history s 14/09/2018
Now playing Next United Kingdom Meet the man who built a floatable bike to clean up London's canals This former consultant has created an eye-catching system to collect plastic from London's canals. 13/09/2018
Now playing Next World British woman set to travel the length of Hudson River on paddle board A British woman has decided to travel the length of the Hudson River in the US on a paddle board to raise awareness of plastic pollution. Lizzie Carr will paddle for more than a week consecutively to cover the 275 km (170 miles) long journey. 03/09/2018
Now playing Next no comment Watch: Scuba diving lesson turns into shark rescue effort What was supposed to be a diving lesson ended in the saving of a shark, who had plastic netting stuck in its mouth. 21/08/2018
Now playing Next USA Contact lenses end up in the ocean endangering sealife We're being warned not to throw contact lenses down the loo or sink. A study by Arizona State University says the plastic ends up in the oceans adding to the plastic waste affecting the environment 19/08/2018
Now playing Next Italy Plastic bottle raft helps highlight marine pollution problem in Italy This is the Italian who made a raft out of plastic bottles to highlight the problem of marine waste in our seas. 17/08/2018
Now playing Next USA Online blueprints of 3-D guns blocked by Washington Judge Back in June, Cody Wilson, from Texas reached a settlement with the Trump administration to allow the company, Defense Distributed, to legally publish the instructions. The deadline was from the 1st of August but he published the plans early last week 01/08/2018
Now playing Next USA Watch: How plastic helps the homeless to survive What’s it like to be a professional plastic collector? 13/07/2018
Now playing Next Somalia Terror group al-Shabaab bans single-use plastic bags Al-Shabaab is normally better known for its deadly attacks than its environmental commitments. 06/07/2018
Now playing Next Hungary Hungarians embrace plastic-free July More than a dozen restaurants and cafes in Budapest have agreed to fill used bottles or flasks with water for free. It's in a bid to have a Plastic Free July. 04/07/2018
Now playing Next Belgium Leadership looks like... cleaning up the oceans by 2040 Boyan Slat went diving in Greece aged 16 and saw more plastic bags than fish. Instead of wringing his hands he went on to set up a not-for-profit that aims to rid the oceans of 90% of their plastic by 2040. And he is well on his way to achieving this. 07/06/2018
Now playing Next Japan French swimmer begins Pacific Ocean crossing to fight ‘plastic smog’ Benoit Lecomte aims to swim from Japan to California while researching the effects of plastic pollution clogging the Pacific. 05/06/2018
Now playing Next no comment Cyclists in Philippines highlight the plight of plastic 200 bikers cycled to a bird sanctuary to collect rubbish on the beach ahead of World Environment Day on June 5 03/06/2018
Now playing Next Thailand Whale dies in Thailand after swallowing more than 80 plastic bags An autopsy found eight kilograms of plastic waste in the animal's stomach. 03/06/2018
Now playing Next world news Greenpeace: Single-use plastic has to stop Greenpeace tells Euronews single-use plastic is to blame for ocean pollution. "We're going to reach a point soon when there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish." 28/05/2018
Now playing Next Greece Greece's first plastic straw free island The island of Sikinos is looking to be the first Greek island to eliminate the use of plastic straws this summer 28/05/2018
Now playing Next Europe News 'The plastic is a disaster' - rescuing Belgium's rivers As the EU sets its sights on banning single-use plastics, volunteers battle to keep rivers clean of waste 28/05/2018
Now playing Next Europe News Brief from Brussels: Plastic is not fantastic In this edition of the Brief from Brussels: The EU draws the battle lines against plastics, announcing plans to ban single-use products, amid 28/05/2018
Now playing Next Living Visit the "Space of Waste" London Zoo unveils plastic pollution art installation 25/05/2018
