Pete Oxford / Collected nurdles, toxic plastic pellets, washed up ashore, after community based clean up. Betty's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.

Pete Oxford / Nurdles, toxic plastic pellets, washed up ashore. Betty's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.

Pete Oxford / Nurdles, toxic plastic pellets, floating between seaweed in shallow coastal waters. Bettys Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.

Pete Oxford / Collected nurdles, toxic plastic pellets, washed up ashore, after community based clean up. Betty's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.

Pete Oxford / Nurdles, toxic plastic pellets, washed up ashore. Betty's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.

Pete Oxford / Collected nurdles, toxic plastic pellets, washed up ashore, after community based clean up. Betty's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.

Sergio Hanquet / Person walking over plastic and microplastics covering the beach, brought in by the winds and the tides, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Person holding plastic and microplastics from the beach, brought in by the winds and the tides, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Plastic and microplastics covering the beaches, brought in by the winds and the tides, Canary Islands.

Terry Whittaker / Plastic hanging from branch, degrading into River Mersey. Research conducted by Manchester University research has found rivers flowing through Greater Manchester to have the highest levels of micro p...

Terry Whittaker / Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) with Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) for chicks in beak, perched on wheel of shopping trolley dumped in river. Research conducted by Manchester University has found rivers flowing th...

Terry Whittaker / Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) perched on bicycle wheel dumped in river. Manchester University research has found rivers flowing through Greater Manchester to have the highest levels of micro plastic contam...