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[–] Rediphile@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 months ago (4 children)
[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dammit now I have this picture in my head of two cleanup teams sneaking trash back into the other's ocean.

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

I don't know why you think the British would want to remove their own landmass?

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think their idea is to put it into new plastic products.

[–] Ranger@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So it can go back into the ocean.

[–] Shou@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

So our planet will have a plastic cycle then? Sounds good enough for now.

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Gotta stay in business somehow.

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Outside the environment.