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Plastic pollution in Thailand soars during Covid-19 pandemic | South China Morning Post

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Thai canals are clogged with discarded packaging, landfills are overflowing with mountains of bags, and trash bins are stuffed full of crumpled food wrapping. The volume of plastic waste in Thailand has snowballed since the coronavirus pandemic due to the home food deliveries, and there is no end in sight.

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