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flag A Scottish islander found decades-old plastic waste, including 1980s lobster tags, during a beach cleanup, revealing the lasting, global reach of ocean pollution.

flag A man on Sanday, a Scottish island in the Orkney archipelago, found an unusually high amount of plastic waste during beach clean-ups, including lobster tags from Newfoundland dated 1988 and 1989. flag David Warner, working with the Sanday Community Craft Hub, collected over 400 plastic bottles—far more than last year’s 42—alongside other debris likely from the UK, some predating 1971. flag The discovery of decades-old plastic highlights the long-lasting impact of single-use plastics and the global reach of ocean pollution, even in remote coastal areas.

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