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Central American countries most affected by plastic bottle pollution
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Central American countries most affected by plastic bottle pollution
Most of the plastic bottles and caps that pollute the Pacific coasts of Latin American countries are of local origin, and are mainly produced by the multinational companies The Coca-Cola Company, Aje Group and PepsiCo. The countries most affected by these pollutants are those in Central America, probably due to high consumption of beverages in plastic containers, poor waste management and transport by ocean currents. On the island coasts, bottle…
Barcelona (Spain), 24 Jul (EFE).- The Latin American countries on the Pacific coast most affected by the contamination of plastic bottles are those of Central America, according to an international study led by the University of Barcelona (UB), northeast of Spain. Along more than 12,000 kilometers of Pacific coastline, from Mexico to Chile - including islands such as Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Galapagos and Robinson Crusoe-, researchers analyzed …
Most of the plastic bottles and caps that pollute the Pacific coasts of Latin American countries are of local origin and are mainly produced by multinational companies The Coca-Cola Company, AJE Group and PepsiCo. The countries most affected by these pollutants are those of Central America, probably due to high consumption [...]
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