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Nothing Marvelous About Plastic Waste: China’s Pollution Endgame

Posted: 21 Aug 2019 09:01 PM PDT

Our world is drowning in plastic pollution with nearly 8 million tons of single-use plastic and some 700,000 tons of abandoned fishing gear leaking into marine ecosystems each year. Plastic waste endangers marine species. For example, animals become entangled in abandoned nets. Marine birds, fish, whales and sharks are sickened or die when they accidentally […] Related posts: Every Day is Earth Day: Plastic Waste Q&A with Mao Da Partnerships, Politics, & Plastic Pollution: A...

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