11 June, 2007 - Published 11:04 GMT

Hawaiians Fight Back Against the Rubbish Invasion

America's tropical island state of Hawaii is known around the world for its golden beaches.

Pristine and pure you might think. But the reality is different: there is so much debris in the sea now much of it ends up ashore.

The government recently set up a programme to help co-ordinate the fight against sea-bourne trash, and Newshour's reporter Matthew Wells went down to the beach on the island of Oahu, to find out more:

Matthew Wells.

First broadcast 10th June