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UN meeting hears call for greater marine protections as plastic waste accrues in oceans

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UN News Centre

Publication Date
2014-10-02

1 October 2014 – The steady build-up of garbage in the world’s oceans is a “tremendous challenge” and a growing threat to the planet’s marine ecosystems with the potential for “significant socio-economic consequences,” the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) heard today.

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