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Sustainability

Japanese government to help subsidize harvesters removing trash from ocean

Harvesters drag up large amounts of plastic waste in their trawl nets but, because they have to pay for disposal on land, they throw it back into the ocean

By Undercurrent News | July 18, 2019 15:22 BST
Seal trapped in ocean-bound plastic
Seal trapped in ocean-bound plastic. Credit: World Animal Protection
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