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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stuti Mishra

Australia sees nearly 40% decline in plastic pollution along major city coastlines

Plastic pollution along Australia’s metropolitan coastlines has dropped by more than a third over the last decade, according to new research by the country’s national science agency.

Coastal plastic waste in major cities has fallen by 39 per cent since 2013, the study, published in Marine Pollution Bulletin, found.

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