An excavator digs out waste including discarded plastic packaging clogging a canal on the eve of World Environment Day in Bangalore on June 4, 2014. Some 265 million tonnes of plastic are produced globally each year out of which 170 million are largely created to be disposed off after one use, according to an European trade association for plastics manufacturers. AFP PHOTO/Manjunath KIRAN (Photo credit should read MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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