VIDEO: Diver in underwater clean plastic

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Discarded plastic leads to greater water purification

August 10, 2015 Last updated at 09:21 BST

Increasing the amount of plastic waste on beaches in the UK spoil the traditional summer festival, but it is not only the trash on the beach that causes an eyesore is.

Some eight million tons of plastic enters the oceans around the world every year, causing damage to marine life and vulnerable ecosystems.

Caroline Rigby Cornwall, where a group of divers is the cleaning up and down the coast.

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