Here is a selection of website links that show some of the ways that the problem of plastic waste is being tackled across the world.

Ellen MacArthur’s Circular Economy initiative in Plastics Never Become Waste and Boyan Slat’s remarkable Ocean Clean Up project head the list.

www.theoceancleanup.com	Boyan Slat – Ocean Clean Up project
www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org	Plastics circular economy
www.plasticbank.org	People in poorer parts of the world can be paid for collecting plastic
http://gumdropltd.com	Recycling chewed gum to make products
https://recyclingtechnologies.co.uk/	Plastic recycling company in Swindon pioneering a technology for making all types of plastic back to hydrocarbon that can be used for making new plastic