Future of the Environment

5 steps that could end the plastic pollution crisis – and save our ocean

A volunteer walks as he picks up plastics, during a garbage collection, ahead of World Environment Day on La Costilla Beach, on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in Rota, Spain June 2, 2018. REUTERS/Jon Nazca     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1E38679580

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Emma Charlton
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