SUDDENLY plastics are the bad boys.
While it is important to make them as recyclable as possible and reduce their use where possible we should not underplay their value to the modern world.
The real problem is with people who dispose of items thoughtlessly, whether down the loo or in the sea.
David King Northwich
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