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Plastics pile up as coronavirus hits Asia recyclers

COVID-19 pandemic starting to threaten entire Asian recycling sector

PETER GUEST, Nikkei staff writer
May 1, 2020 18:14 JST

TOKYO -- When Circulate Capital announced the first close of its Ocean Fund in December 2019, plastic pollution seemed to have become an urgent global crisis.

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