'However, the changes we can make are quite small – it doesn't take much time to remember to rinse a bottle and pop it in the recycling. 'We want to help out but it's daunting and overwhelming,' says Lucy. It's why the UK's number 1 skincare company NIVEA has committed to a 'Plastic Pledge' to introduce 100pc refillable, reusable or recyclable packaging by 2025.Īnd, as less than half of UK adults recycle bathroom products, they've put together plenty of simple, low-cost tips to help us all make our bathing routines greener.

Every year between nine and 14m tonnes of the stuff enter our waters, reducing their ability to help us fight climate change and threatening 40pc of marine mammals with extinction. Yet they're being choked by plastic pollution. Oceans are essential to the future of our planet as they provide half the oxygen we breath and absorb nearly a third of our carbon emissions. 'Seeing it day in, day out has made me passionate about letting people know what I see.' SMALL CHANGES - BIG EFFECT 'It stays with you, you feel helpless – you can't take a bin bag and fill it up because one bag won't even make a dent in it. The tideline is littered with debris and wildlife is trying to live among it. 'You see what you think is a perfect island yet it's knee-deep in plastic. It's a problem the world over, as Lucy's witnessed. Lucy says the problem of plastic in our oceans is so widespread, it makes her feel hopeless 'If you visit a beach, you'll spot them on the tideline – sadly they're easy to find.' 'They're washed off ships and they're everywhere,' Lucy says. But as they are transported across the world, many are spilt and get into our waterways, where they are eaten by marine wildlife that mistakes them for food.

Nurdles are tiny, lentil-sized pieces of plastic that should go on to be melted down and turned into objects we recognise. In Cornwall, plastic bottles are common as are little pieces of plastic that have been broken down and washed up. But it's definitely got more noticeable in the past six to eight years. 'When I started surfing aged nine or ten, plastic was around – I remember tins of paint floating past me and thinking it was weird. Lucy Campbell, 26, is a British surfing champion who's working with NIVEA to raise awareness of the problem of plastic pollution around the worldĪnd it's why she's signed up to become NIVEA's sustainability ambassador, so she can raise awareness of the crisis.īritish Women's surfing champion Lucy explains: 'I'm going in the ocean every day and that's when you notice changes and differences over time.

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