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Plastics everywhere, and the myth that made it possible

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Photo by ADNAN BECI / AFP Local residents walk on a bridge, above plastic trash-filled floodwaters following heavy rains, in Durres, on January 13, 2026.
Photo by ADNAN BECI / AFP Local residents walk on a bridge, above plastic trash-filled floodwaters following heavy rains, in Durres, on January 13, 2026.
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