It seems to be a common misconception that degradable or biodegradable bags are a suitable alternative to plastic bags, but they’re great in theory and environmentally destructive in reality. Recently, a Senate inquiry into the threat of marine plastic pollution in Australia found that the degradable bag option is ...
Modbury, Devon, England
When filmmaker Rebecca Hosking saw first hand the effect of plastic pollution on wildlife, she set about getting them banned from her hometown of Modbury. While on assignment in a Hawaiian atoll, Rebecca saw hundreds of dead albatross strewn on the sand; their bodies split open and revealing...
