Olivia Boyd 06.10.2017 Filmmaker Jo Ruxton talks about why she left the BBC to tell a more honest story about our seas Eight million tonnes of plastic finds its way into the oceans each year, threatening marine life and human health (Image: Troy Mayne/Greenpeace ) Filmmaker Jo Ruxton is the producer of A Plastic Ocean, a documentary released last year to highlight the devastating impact of global plastic pollution on marine environments and the threat it poses to human health. Ruxton worked for WWF and the BBC before co-founding the non-profit group Plastic Oceans, which works to raise awareness of the harm done by our addiction to plastic – and the urgent importance of curbing it. chinadialogue (CD): Why are so many of us only just waking up to this problem? Jo Ruxton (JR): I think because we’ve grown up assuming plastic was disposable, and we’ve never questioned the fact it is indestructible. It’s just been part of our lives. And because it’s been a gradual proc