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Can Agriculture Kick Its Plastic Addiction?

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These synthetic polymer products have often been used to help boost yields up to 60 percent and make water and pesticide use more efficient. Mandatory EPR policies are a powerful tool for transparency and accountability in an industry that is currently anything but,” says Anja Brandon, Ocean Conservancy ’s associate director of U.S.