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Urgent need to end plastic pollution

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FROM ice cream containers to forks and shopping bags, the ubiquitous use of plastic threatens to overwhelm our planet.

UN member states are meeting in Canada to hammer out an agreement to end plastic pollution, with the target of finalising an international plastic pollution treaty by the end of this year.

A study published on Wednesday in the journal Science Advances (see science.org for the full report) has pinpointed some of the major brands

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