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Why can’t the world get its act together on plastics? – podcast

Madeleine Finlay hears from Karen McVeigh, a senior reporter for Guardian Seascapes, about a particularly damaging form of plastic pollution causing devastation off the coast of Kerala, and the failed talks to get countries to agree to cut plastic production

✍ Presented and produced by Madeleine Finlay, with Karen McVeigh; sound design by Joel Cox; executive producer Ellie Bury

🕒 19 Aug 2025 04:00

Why can’t the world get its act together on plastics? – podcast

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