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M&S, Waitrose latest to join fight against ghost gear

UK supermarkets M&S and Waitrose are joining the fight against lost and abandoned plastic fishing gear, which represents over 70% of all floating macroplastics in the ocean

By Undercurrent News | June 8, 2018 09:28 BST
Loggerhead turtle trapped in an abandoned drifting net, Balearic Channel, Mediterranean sea. Credit: World Animal Protection
Loggerhead turtle trapped in an abandoned drifting net, Balearic Channel, Mediterranean sea. Credit: World Animal Protection
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UK supermarkets Marks & Spencer and Waitrose are joining the fight against lost and abandoned plastic fishing gear by becoming part of the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI) [...]

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