PLASTIC AND OUR BEACHES

Plastic stays in the environment for a long, long time, and this troubled Ana Pego on her frequent trips to beaches in her native Portugal, so Ana set up a Facebook project called Plasticus Maritimus which aims to highlight how plastic waste from all over the world travels in our oceans and pollutes our marine environment. Ana also visits schools and exhibitions displaying a wide variety of items she’s found on Portugal’s shores …

INTERVIEW: Ana Pego