‘No one cares about the little guy’: Sri Lanka’s fishers still reeling from 2021 toxic plastic spill

A stricken container ship shed tonnes of the tiny pellets on the west coast in May 2021. Today, locals are counting the cost to marine life and livelihoodsOn the beach in Pamunugama, on Sri Lanka’s west coast, women in uniform work under the scorching sun. They sift through rubbish washed ashore, searching among the…

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