‘No one cares about the little guy’: Sri Lanka’s fishers still reeling from 2021 toxic plastic spill

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A 2021 container-ship spill released large quantities of plastic nurdles along Sri Lanka’s west coast, damaging marine life and local fishing livelihoods. Five years later, residents continue to face the consequences of the pollution.

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