"It's a drastic approach" Cleaning the ocean, Richard Roberts, CEO of the Yacht Market, Jazz FM Business Breakfast

Halting pollution is on the agenda for politicians and businesses in a big way, as voters and consumers worry about their impact on the planet.

Environment secretary Michael Gove’s found cross-party support for banning disposable coffee cups and supporting bottle return schemes, and the Liberal Democrats are pledging to oppose all single use plastic.

But with 280 million tonnes of plastic already in the ocean, even if stopping all new waste was feasible, cleaning what we’ve already put in is in an enormous task.

CEO of the The Yacht Market Richard Roberts is launching his own vision of a craft to clean the water of plastic - Nick Howard speaks to him at the Southampton boat show about the idea behind the Ocean Saviour project 

First broadcast 18th September 2018