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Swimmer seeking microplastics in Britain's remote rivers

Dan AshbyNovember 19, 2020

The United Kingdom uses 5 million metric tons of plastic every year, and only about a third of that ends up being recycled. In a bid to find out just how widespread plastic pollution is, British campaigner Laura Sanderson has decided to test the waters — quite literally — in the UK's wildest rivers.

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