Plastic pollution: With wildlife in danger and the environment under threat, what's the answer?

Plastic pollution has made the headlines recently, as part of our plastic pollution series we look at what you can do to reduce plastic use.

Charlotte Cross Environment Correspondent

It's been hailed as a big step forward in the fight against plastic pollution - but is a voluntary pact tough enough to make a difference?

Newly-unveiled UK Plastics Pact ‘unites every body, business and organisation with a will to act on plastic pollution’.

A city worker-turned-environmentalist built his own water-cycle, and now patrols the waterways, raising awareness of plastic pollution.

The Canal and River Trust has released shocking footage of rubbish in the canals to raise awareness of the plastic problem in the Midlands.

An innovative recycling plant in Rugby is trying to help solve the world's plastic problem by making an alternative to fossil fuel

Charlotte Cross Environment Correspondent

Our countryside is drowning in plastic. At the start of this four-part special investigation, we look at the shocking toll it's taking.