Research and analysis
Plastics: challenges for the water environment
The sources and scale of plastics in the environment, their impact, and how the issue is being tackled.
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This report describes the:
- impacts of plastic pollution in soils, air, water, the food chain and on human and plant health
- sources and transport of this pollution in the environment
- decisive action needed to reduce waste plastics entering the environment and initiatives to achieve this across government, business, agriculture and industry
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Published 22 October 2021