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About nine million tons of visible plastic trash enter oceans each year—then there’s the waste we can’t see. This story appears in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine.
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Plastic waste is building up in the supposedly pristine ... conducts litter-picking on the beaches. "People see the pictures in brochures of the pristine Arctic and they book their holidays ...
"They could have reduced their blister size by at least 50%." Costco shopper shares picture of questionable product on store shelves: 'Way too much plastic used' first appeared on The Cool Down.
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