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plastic pollution
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contamination of the natural environment with plastic products
Plastic pollution is the widespread contamination of natural environments—like oceans, soil, and air—with plastic products that don't break down naturally. It matters because plastic waste accumulates over time and can harm wildlife, ecosystems, and potentially human health.
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- Subclass of
- pollution
- Image
- Plastic Pollution in Ghana.jpg
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- topic has template
- Template:Health issues of plastics
- Commons category
- Plastic pollution
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_02500040
- has contributing factor
- plastic waste
- has cause
- waste management
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “plastic pollution” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.