Plastic pollution: ‘I’m giving up. You probably should too’

After four years of leading volunteer beach cleans in the west of Wales, Alan Cookson is quitting because of the insurmountable plastic problem around Britain’s coastlines. We join him as he leads his last beach clean to find out why he believes we need to change our approach in the fight against plastic pollution Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://ift.tt/16bR3Lu Read our guide to Notting Hill carnival ► https://ift.tt/2L3u10J... Support the Guardian ► https://ift.tt/2ZAwSlE... Today in Focus podcast ► https://ift.tt/2DF6E6B... Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter ► https://ift.tt/2ppYnz6... The Guardian ► https://ift.tt/1AFLGzy The Guardian YouTube network: Guardian News ► https://ift.tt/1J9JUwL Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► https://ift.tt/1yECE17 Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► https://ift.tt/16bR6H2