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Describes the serious global waste crisis, the problem of plastic waste, the issue of wealthy countries exporting their trash to less-developed ones, informal waste management practices, and electronic waste dumps. The article ends with a recommendation that we need to design systems and practices that promote a circular economy to minimize waste.
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e-waste, electronic waste, plastic bags, plastic waste, ohio env.gp.9, world economic forum, world economic forum: what the world's waste does to people in poorer countries, world economic forum: what the world's waste does to people in poorer countries / ohio env.gp.9, circular economy, global waste crisis, global waste management, challenges of the 21st century
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