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Video. Plastic pollution is a 'time bomb' warns France's President Macron

Updated: 29/05/2023 - 17:36 GMT+2

French President Emmanuel Macron warns that global plastic pollution is a 'time bomb' as delegates begin five days of talks in Paris aimed at reaching an international treaty to end plastic waste.

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