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Having had a chin wag with climate advocate and excellent human Varsha Yajman – all I can say is that young kids these days are incredible.

Holidays that to be acceptable consumers i don't think is all that likely to be except maybe something's a thrust upon us and we go along with it but i think the thing is that in actual fact germany is not proposing outright ban just as it hasn't done with plastic carrier bags i mean a lot of countries around the world have actually as you said they've regulated they've imposed bans jimmy hasn't done that it's there is a fee to pay for them now but still a lot of people use them and there's no sign of a band on the horizon we've all heard of and seen the pictures of this gigantic plastic garba...

Spain, it is also the size of a massive area of floating trash known as the great pacific garbage patch. according to a new study, it's up to 16 times larger than previously thought. after a two-year study, researchers found that 1.8 billibil trillion pieces of trash were in this garbage patch. this is made with rescyclable flexible pipes. it will be weighted by anchors so the cleanup contraption moves slower than the ocean currents that will trap the garbage that will be recycled back on to dry land. the system being developed in

In case you missed it, sunday was earth day and this year earth day was focused on ending plastic pollution, like the massive garbage patch in the middle of the pacific ocean which is increasing exponenti exponentially. it the floati ining mounds of plastic now cover an area the side of france. that's the bad news, but here's some good news. scientists have stumbled on a so-callso oe kaul so-called mutant enzyme that will break down plastic, far faster than the centurieies it will take in the ocean. it also paves the way for a hot new monster movie this summer. >> attack of the plastic eating ...

I can't believe that number. it's going to take a lot work and perhaps you and i should go to river and clean there. >> river cleanups. they have that here. >> yes. >> like you said, we have more about it. the south pacific garbage patch is now larger than mexico and researchers say it will keep growing unless society changes how it handles plastic. here is more from linda kincaid. >> reporter: the south pacific ocean, a vast marine landscape, a precious part of our earth. but take a closer look and scientists say it's becoming a plastic garbage dump. >> here i am standing on buoy island. >> r...