Earlier this year a sperm whale was found dead with 59 different bits of plastic inside its stomach, which amounted to 17kg of waste. It made the news when it was discovered that the majority of the plastic was sheeting used for greenhouses by supermarket suppliers to grow tomatoes. Instead of recycling the waste, the plastic was dumped into the ocean. Amongst the supermarkets using the supplier were UK retailers Tesco and ALDI.

Kristy Guest, concerned resident from Nottingham, said:

"This story left me sad and angry because the death was completely avoidable. I signed the online petition set up by Sum of Us to hold the supermarkets accountable but it wasn't enough; I needed to do more."

After talking to people who felt the same, Kristy has decided to arrange a protest march to raise awareness about what happened and to emphasise why these acts cannot happen again. To do this, the group have been making a whale out of plastic sheeting and filling it with plastic found on the streets. This Saturday 21st December, the whale will take to swim the streets of Nottingham before symbolically ‘taking its final breath' outside a Tesco store.

Kristy went on to say:

"We want to use the event as a way of raising awareness but also to get a conversation going with the public.

We want people to understand that things like this happen regularly; we believe that much more pressure should be put on companies to make sure their procedures are responsible. "

The plan for the day is to collect people's thoughts from the day and put together a letter to send to the CEO of Tesco to see where the company stands on this issue.

The group plan to meet at 11am at the Brian Clough Statue, this Saturday 21st December.