Drastic plastic action is needed to save our fantastic seabirds

Listening to the wireless the other day, I was left gobsmacked by a statistic that just about sums up why we are all definitely going to hell in a handcart.

I have no idea what a handcart is, and don't know for sure whether hell exists, but I think we can all agree that the following stat means we probably deserve to be burned to cinders no matter what the method.

Ten per cent of the body weight of the average albatross comes from plastic. Yep, the poor old albatrosses – used to hunting for food in clear blue water since The Lord created them – are now scooping shedloads of plastic into their confused beaks every time they attempt to pluck a fish from the sea.