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We can stop plastic pollution at the design stage - here's how

A plastic bottle is seen floating in an Adriatic sea of the island Mljet, Croatia, May 30, 2018. Picture taken May 30, 2018

If we can design out plastic waste, we won't need to clean it up Image: REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

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Our oceans now contain 86 million tonnes of plastic waste - and counting Image: GRID-Arendal/Maphoto/Riccardo Pravettoni
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