Photos| World Environment Day: Families around the world join war on plastic

Faced with shops full of food and other goods swathed in plastics, families across the world are trying to reduce plastic use and recycle wherever possible to cut down its impact on the environment. On World Enviroment Day, a look at families around the world, from Athens to Singapore, and their personal steps in trying to reduce their plastic footprint as the war on plastics becomes a hot political topic and governments work to outlaw single-use items such as drinking straws and cotton buds.