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Global Plastic Pollution and Its Regulation: History, Trends, Perspectives by GerryNagtzaam, Geertvan Calster, SteveKourabas, and ElenaKarataeva, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023, 343 pp., $165 (US) (hardcover). ISBN 978‐1800373549.
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