A documentary showing what is being done to tackle plastic pollution on Wirral will be shown at The Light cinema in New Brighton tonight (Monday, March 18).

Plastic Warriors will be shown at 7pm. Tickets on the door cost £5.

It is being presented by Birkenhead-based youth-run environmental group Strive  to raise awareness of the positive ways  people can be empowered to reduce their own plastic footprint locally.

This event is timed to coincide with Global Recycling Day and the culmination of the Big Plastic Count.

Following the film there will be a Q&A session with a range of speakers, starting with an opportunity to find out more about the issue from Dr Jon Dick, a lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University, who has conducted recent research on microplastics at both the Arctic and Antarctic.

Continuing the theme of reducing plastic use, two local businesses, Oxton Refill and Vintage Weighs, will talk about the rapidly expanding network of refill stations in the UK, where products from household liquids to food, can be bought without packaging.

The Birkenhead Repair Café will speak about its monthly workshops where items can be repaired to reduce waste going to landfill.

There will also be an opportunity to hear about the experiences of local community groups at the sharp end of the plastic pollution issue, including local open water swimmers and the British Divers Marine Life Rescue, who regularly free marine animals tangled up in plastic.

As well as the local groups who are doing magnificent work picking up the litter that others leave behind, including Elizabeth The Little Litter Collector, The New Brighteners and The Wombles.

Local Green Party co-chair and parliamentary candidate for Wallasey, Dr Jane Turner, will close the evening with a view on what politics can do to help, both nationally and locally.

Strive spokesperson, Berry D'Arcy said: "We hope to bring this issue to a wide audience. Everyone on the Wirral can see that plastic pollution is spoiling our special places, but they may not be aware of just how damaging and widespread the problem is.

"We hope that people will leave inspired by what they can do personally, here in the Wirral, to turn this situation around for our young people."