"World's most polluted place," uninhabited Pacific island in middle of MPA, gets partial cleanup

The six tonnes of plastic debris collected from a remote island may finally be removed - almost a year after bad weather hampered the original clean-up.

Stuff's Andrea Vance and Iain McGregor were the first journalists to visit, alongside scientists, on a month-long expedition to learn more about the shameful state of Henderson Island.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/117512804/plastic-rubbish-could-finally-be-removed-from-worlds-most-polluted-place

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