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Archive Home > 2012 > September > 29 > Haiti imposes rules to curb the nation’s rivers of plastic

Haiti imposes rules to curb the nation’s rivers of plastic

By Jacqueline Charles__utfa0__and Curtis Morgan / The Bulletin
September 29, 2012

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Plastic and foam food containers. They’re everywhere in this enterprising Caribbean nation, clogging canals, cluttering streets and choking ocean wildlife.

Now those pesky black plastic bags made of polyethylene and polystyrene foam cups, plates, trays....

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