The United Nations Environment Assembly is set to meet next week with negotiations underway to deal with the problem of plastic pollution.

Around eight billion kilos of plastic waste enter our oceans every year, but that's only about two per cent of the plastics we make and consume.

Thousands of delegates are set to meet with the hope of doing something about this impact on a global scale.

As Redmond Shannon reports, the focus won't just be on waste but on tackling plastic production as well.

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