UK plastic ‘waste colonialism’ found to be polluting Turkey’s farming heartland

The Guardian's investigation reveals high levels of microplastics contaminating irrigation canals in Turkey near a recycling hub supplied with plastic waste by British companies. The polluted waterway floods into agricultural fields and feeds into the Çukurova plain's irrigation system—one of Turkey's largest and most fertile farming regions.

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