Plastic pollution

West Oxfordshire District Council says it can be hard to catch people in the act.

The university study analyses more than 580 invertebrate samples from 51 sites across Sussex.

Network Rail and City to Sea are encouraging use of refillable plastic bottles.

One volunteer said he does not understand why people do not take their rubbish to the tip.

Bristol Waste sets up points at recycling centres in St Philip's, Hartcliffe Way and Avonmouth.

Microplastics are more harmful to marine creatures than one type of plastic, Devon researchers find.

A charity says there is a need for the ban to protect the River Thames from further harm.

The volunteers say seven bags of waste were removed from the dunes after the recent warm spell.