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Every minute, an entire garbage truck worth of plastic waste is dumped into the world. We are continuing to increase our use of plastics until at least 2028. Client Earth and 13 other organisations stepped into a Flemish court on Tuesday. Their aim is to try and stop a huge new petrochemical plant being built in Antwerp,. In doing so, slow the scale of plastic production in Europe.

The environmental law charity ClientEarth and 13 other groups headed into a Flemish court this week in an effort to stop Ineos building a petrochemical plant that would be the biggest project of its kind in Europe for 30 years. Madeleine Finlay hears from correspondent Sandra Laville about how plastics are made, the environmental and health impacts of the process and what needs to be done to get a handle on plastic pollution. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod