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Plastic bag

blue plastic bags wash up on a beach in Vietnam

Plastic waste chokes a beach in Vietnam, turning it blue

Environment

The problem in Vietnam has become so bad that some people in tourist areas have started handing out reusable bags made from rattan, and use newspapers to wrap market produce.

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The BagShare Project promotes a local solution to a global problem

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