Think all your plastic is being recycled? New research shows it can end up in the ocean
- Written by Monique Retamal, Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
We all know it’s wrong to toss your rubbish into the ocean or another natural place. But it might surprise you to learn some plastic waste ends up in the environment, even when we thought it was being recycled.
Our study, published today, investigated how the global plastic waste trade contributes to marine pollution.
We found...
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