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Scientists in Osaka, Japan, say they have developed a new plastic that disintegrates at sea.
File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License PhotoApril 7 (UPI) -- Japanese scientists say they have developed plastic that can disintegrate at sea within 30 days.
About 8 million tons of plastic waste is thrown into the sea annually.
Japan is the second-biggest emitter of plastic waste per capita after the United States, according to The Guardian.
The country used to send 1.5 million tons of plastic waste to China annually, until Beijing banned waste imports in 2017.