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26 November 2020updated 16 Sep 2021 4:50pm

Video: Tackling the Plastics Crisis

Professor Steve Fletcher, Director of Revolution Platics and Professor of Ocean Policy & Economy at the University of Portsmouth on transforming the plastics economy

By Spotlight

View of crushed bottle caps at a recycling and manufacturer company in San Jose, Costa Rica, on June 21, 2019. - The so-called 'recycled plastic wood' is made out of bottle caps, crushed notes and other plastic materials and is being used to build chairs, tables, trash cans, play grounds among others. (Photo by Ezequiel BECERRA / AFP) (Photo by EZEQUIEL BECERRA/AFP via Getty Images)

The video below was produced in partnership with the University of Portsmouth:

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