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Our World: The New Battle of Midway

19/04/2008

The New Battle of Midway

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David Shukman travelled over 8000 miles to find out where the world's rubbish ends up.

David Shukman travelled over eight thousand miles to find out where the world's rubbish ends up.

Coral islands in the Pacific may be remote but their flora and fauna are battling against a rising tide of other people's plastic waste. David Shukman travelled over eight thousand miles to find out where the world's rubbish ends up.

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