Almost every country in the world agrees deal to cut plastic pollution – except US

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Almost every country in the world agrees deal to cut plastic pollution – except US
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‘Countries have decided to do something which will translate into real action,’ says UN leader

A father and son on a makeshift boat made from styrofoam paddle through a garbage filled river as they collect plastic bottles that they can sell in junkshops in Manila. The father and son team earn some three US dollars a day retrieving recyclables from the river.A composite image of items found on the shore of the Thames Estuary in Rainham, Kent.

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