Plastic debris on a coastal beach (IMAGE)

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Plastic debris on a coastal beach

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Discarded plastic food packaging lies among seaweed and other materials on a coastal beach. Plastic waste reaching shorelines can persist, weather and fragment into smaller particles, extending its environmental impacts beyond visible litter.

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Changchao Li / The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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