A horrified litter picker has made a desperate warning about plastic pollution after discovering a yogurt pot that is at least 44-years-old in almost perfect condition.

The Yoplait container, celebrating the 1976 Montreal Olympics, was found was up on the beach in Denia, on Spain’s Costa Blanca.

Environmentalist Maite Mompó, who discovered the item, said: ‘I was cleaning the beach where I usually go and I found the item there.

‘I have collected many yogurt cartons before but this drew my attention because of the brand – Yoplait disappeared from Spanish supermarkets a long time ago. I checked and they abandoned the market here in 2001.

‘So I looked at it more carefully and then discovered that it came from around 1976.’

Read more: metro