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Recyclable plastic is gathered at the Ban Tarn landfill site in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai. Photograph: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/Getty
July 30, 2020
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Plastic waste flowing into the oceans is expected to nearly triple in volume in the next 20 years, while efforts to stem the tide have so far made barely a dent in the tsunami of waste, research shows. Governments could make drastic cuts to the flow of plastic reaching the oceans through measures such as restricting the sale and use of plastic materials, and mandating alternatives, but even if all the most likely measures are taken it would only cut the waste to little less than half of today’s levels, the analysis found.

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