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Plastic Special

Duration: 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

A crisis of plastic waste has become so acute in Indonesia that the army has been drafted in to help. Rivers and canals are choked with discarded bags and bottles, and scientists rank Indonesia as second after China for the deluge of plastic it allows to pollute the oceans. Amid scenes which might lead many to despair, we meet a handful of recycling pioneers who are trying to turn the plastic tide. Show less

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