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Plastic waste from Western countries is poisoning Indonesia

An officer shows a container full with plastic waste at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 18, 2019 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Aditya Pradana Putra/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. INDONESIA OUT. - RC1F94DF8000

Plastic is burned on a large scale to ease Indonesia’s overflowing rubbish dumps. Image: REUTERS

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