Thank you Sir David for your voice and efforts on Plastic Pollution.

If you have not seen in already please try and view Blue Planet 2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04tjbtx

Question - How serious do you think this issue really is?

“It could hardly be more serious.

“I suppose, for me, the thing that is so galling about plastic pollution in particular is that it is so utterly unnecessary. The plastic in our oceans ought never to have got there in the first place – much of it perhaps ought not to have even been manufactured at all. And yet it is there, in unbelievable quantities, causing untold harm to marine wildlife.

“And, of course, once it’s in the sea, it doesn’t really break down properly – it remains there for decades or even centuries. So unless we get to grips with this quickly, we will soon find our oceans completely dominated by plastic. It’s a prospect that hardly bears thinking about.”