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The single-use plastic pollution problem

Apr 22, 2019
This Earth Day, let’s do the numbers on single-plastic use.
This photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows a dog on a garbage-filled creek in Manila.
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Employees hand out free reusable grocery bags at a Whole Foods Market in 2008 in Pasadena, California.
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