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Abu Dhabi's bottle-return programme aims to recycle about 20 million single-use plastic bottles a year. Getty
Abu Dhabi's bottle-return programme aims to recycle about 20 million single-use plastic bottles a year. Getty
One discarded plastic bottle for every two metres of coastline in Abu Dhabi, says expert
Monir Bou Ghanem says single-use plastic items are the issue