The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced a review into the potential risks of plastic in drinking water after a new analysis of some of the world’s most popular bottled water brands found that more than 90% contained tiny pieces of plastic.

Plastic pollution poses one of the biggest known threats to the ocean, influencing all ecosystems from beautiful coral reefs to abyssal trenches, eventually accumulating in our own food.

BPA is an ingredient found in a lot of hard plastics, and it is a highly-toxic ingredient. It’s also called Bisphenyol A, BPA is the short term for it, and it’s something you definitely want to avoid.

We’ve all been told that we should recycle plastic bottles and containers. But what actually happens to the plastic if we just throw it away?