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Plastic not so fantastic! Here are five ways to break up with plastic. | BBC Science News
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Plastic bags were originally invented to be reusable and eco-friendly. So where did it all go wrong? | BBC World Service
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Can supermarkets get rid of unnecessary plastic wrapping from our food by 2042? | BBC Science News
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"Plastic is not bad, our habits are bad, plastic is a marvellous material." Would you ban plastic if it meant half a million people lost their jobs? | BBC News Stories
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More than eight million tonnes of plastic goes into the world's oceans each year - but these young entrepreneurs in the Philippines are turning plastic into bricks to try and solve the problem. 👊🥤 | BBC News Stories
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Would you be willing to bring your own containers to the supermarket, if it helps reduce waste plastic? More: https://bbc.in/2MC92oi | BBC News Stories
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Many people in Japan put a lot of effort into recycling their household plastic. https://bbc.in/2wGn7Gm | BBC News
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Raoul Thulin explains how plastic bags were meant to help the planet
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Plastic bags aren't as bad as you think... their design was to help save the planet. | BBC Science News
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‘Each year we use over 300 million tonnes of plastic alone, most of it is not recycled’. | BBC
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Why is it so hard to recycle plastic? Every year, the world produces 400 million tonnes of plastic – and only a small proportion of this is recycled, and even this isn’t proper recycling but “downcycling”. This means the new plastic is of a lower quality, meaning almost all plastic eventually goes to waste. But could some hungry enzymes provide a solution? Find out on People Fixing The World: https://bbc.in/49TlxCJ | BBC World Service
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"We don't want your plastic rubbish." Malaysia takes in waste that western countries don't want, making it one of the world's biggest plastic importers. This is the story of how one town paid the price: https://bbc.in/2E8no9V | BBC News
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Plastic bags are now banned from most stores across the country. How much better are the alternatives? | ABC News
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For the past six months, ABC News examined how plastic bags are really being recycled throughout America. What we found: much of it is not ending up where it’s supposed to. Stream “Trashed: The Secret Life of Plastic Recycling” Tuesday on @abcnewslive at 8:30p.m. ET. | ABC News Live
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