Brazil has emerged as the largest contributor to ocean plastic pollution in Latin America, ranking eighth globally. A recent Oceana study reveals that Brazil dumps 1.3 million tons of plastic waste into the ocean annually, equivalent to the weight of 1.3 million small cars. The scale of the problem is alarming. Brazil generates 3.44 million […]
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