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Cultivating Plastics – how the use of agriplastics sows the seeds of pollution in farming
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Cultivating Plastics – how the use of agriplastics sows the seeds of pollution in farming
FromWhat on Earth?
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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Mar 28, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The plastics used in agricultural production – commonly called agriplastics – account for only 3.5 per cent of the plastic used around the world each year, but they directly pollute the human food chain and harm the wider environment.
As EIA releases the first of a new series of reports on the problems with agriplastics, EIA Ocean Campaigner Lauren Weir joins Senior Press & Communications Officer Paul Newman to talk about its findings.
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As EIA releases the first of a new series of reports on the problems with agriplastics, EIA Ocean Campaigner Lauren Weir joins Senior Press & Communications Officer Paul Newman to talk about its findings.
Read the Cultivating Plastics report
Find out more
Released:
Mar 28, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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