Black plastic is already the bete noire of recycling, with lasers unable to bounce off its dark surface, causing it to pass straight through the sorting system into landfill or incineration.
Green turtles are more likely to swallow plastic that resembles their natural diet of sea grass, and so end up with far more black and green plastic in their stomachs.
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