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	Plastic a Revolution -Plastic a Curse

bs1999bs

5-18-2007 6:53 PM

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activism, conservation, environment, environmental action, health, nature, our future, planet earth, sustainability

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We are, often innocently, contributing to a mammoth and growing problem. Our oceans, for one, often the ultimate waste destination are being devastated by an avalanche of plastic which is affecting all manner of sea and bird life. The problem is huge!

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