Plastic is Choking our Oceans
Lucy Turquand-Young
July 3, 2019
We are recklessly filling our oceans with plastic that we don’t need.
We are recklessly filling our oceans with plastic that we don’t need.
As consumers, we need to change our attitude towards clothes.
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