Turning ocean trash into art

Plastic pollution is a huge problem for marine wildlife.
According to the World Wildlife Fund, 80 per cent of marine pollution is generated by land-based activities and it's having a devastating effect on our oceans.
David Day collects marine debris from his local beach and transforms the rubbish into marine animals.
"The rubbish I mainly find is bottle lids, cigarette lighters, toothbrushes and lots of plastic. Weather this debris is coming from our shores or from somewhere else I’m not sure but I know one thing, it’s ending up on our beaches and people like me are the ones picking it up."
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