Alina Burwitz speaks to Maria Westerbos, founder of the Plastic Soup Foundation, about the problem of plastic, possible solutions, and navigating industry pushback.

It’s in the soil and your lungs. It’s in deserts and in blood. It’s on mountains and in stomachs. It’s in the oceans and your skin.

So what do we do about a planet addicted to plastic? This is the question being asked by the Plastic Soup Foundation, a global non-profit working to combat plastic pollution at its source.

This podcast is part of '400 Parts Per Million', an ecological arts project by Theatre in the Rough, supported by Arts Council England and the PH Holt Foundation.

Find out more at http://400.earth