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Plastic waste fills ocean along South African coastline

Jan 9, 2020 | Multimedia News Waste

Tons of plastic waste appeared in waves along the Durban coastline in December. A video captured and shared on social media by a member of The Litterboom Project, a South African conservation initiative, shows plastic bottles and other litter being churned out onto a Durban beach by the waves.

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