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… Eight million tons of plastic waste entersour oceans every year. The Plastic Problem details how we got to … series takes up these issues. Photo credit Mike Batson . 2780 Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Equity and Justice Reining in the Plastics Problem … Jan 24, 2019 …
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