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Policy Options for an Arctic Plastic Pollution Action Plan

by Katie Segal

Nearly 80 percent of all the plastic waste the world has ever produced is sitting in landfills or polluting the environment, and an estimated 8 million tons of this plastic finds its way to the ocean each year. Despite its remote location and relatively small population, the Arctic region is not immune from the plague of plastic pollution infecting oceans around the world.

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