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Scientists call for better plastics design to protect marine life
Description: Here scientists advocate for the better design of plastics to encourage recycling, and prevent wasteful single-use containers finding their way into the oceans, where they break up into small pieces and are swallowed by marine animals. This could be as effective as a ban on microbeads, proposed by green campaigners as a way of dealing with the rising levels of microplastic waste - tiny pieces of near-indestructible plastic materials - that are harming marine life. [Source: The Guardian]
URL: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/14/scientists-call-for-better-plastics-design-to-protect-marine-life
Availability: Full Text
Source: The Guardian
Publish Date: 7/14/2016
Reading Level: Basic
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