Sam Neill eats plastic bag to save turtlesGreenpeaceSam Neill has joined a Greenpeace campaign to highlight the damage single use plastic bags do to oceans. Neill stars alongside Auckland marine biologist Dan Godoy in a satirical clip for Greenpeace promoting the virtues of the humble plastic bag. Neill praises the "humble plastic bag" for its ability to last at sea, "making an active contribution to marine life." READ MORE:* Sam Neill: How a near 30-year-old traumatic incident led to his latest casting* How the supermarkets' plastic bag bans will work* Countdown to ban all single use plastic bags by 2018* The long, lonely life of a plastic bag: New Zealand's single-use bag problem"The plastic bag is a master of disguise," he says in the clip. LAWRENCE SMITH/STUFF Sam Neill is fed up with plastic bags polluting the oceansGodoy describes plastic bags mockingly as "the peak of human innovation".

Source: Stuff February 21, 2018 20:15 UTC