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How the world is dealing with plastic pollution

Sustainability Matters

The organisation has recovered and upcycled over 559 tonnes of thong pollution since it began in 2006, using them to produce 65,000 artworks. Local women manufacture reusable menstrual pads, incontinence aids and baby nappies. In Kenya, one million thongs are found as litter along its coastline per year.

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