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Closed Ban all non-biodegradable plastic used within the fashion industry

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There are estimated 12.7 million tonnes of plastic ends up in the ocean every year. This waste releases toxins, absorbed by animals, subsequently entering the food chain. A ban on non-biodegradable plastic from the fashion industry could limit the micro-plastics that end up in the ocean.

- Greenpeace (2018). Ocean Plastic. Available at: https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/what-we-do/oceans/plastics/ (Accessed: 30 April 2018).
- Kozlowski, A., Bardecki, M. & Searcy, C., 2012. Environmental Impacts in the Fashion Industry: A Life-cycle and Stakeholder Framework. The Journal of Corporate Citizenship, (45), pp.17–36.
- Seltenrich, N., 2015. New link in the food chain? Marine plastic pollution and seafood safety. Environmental health perspectives, 123(2), pp.A34–41.

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