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Have you ever thought about how untreated plastic waste can trap animals and even endanger their lives?
In an interview with CGTN, Evangelos Achilleos, manager of the RSPCA East Winch Wildlife Center, mentioned three types of plastic waste that often do harm to animals: Uncrushed cans, masks with uncut loops and carelessly discarded fishing lines. He suggested that people should discard plastic products appropriately after using them to avoid harms to animals.
"The animal can get their heads caught in here (a can) when they just sniff for the food," he said when talking about the impact of an uncrushed can.
"Lots of animals that get their heads; they get their feet caught in here (the loop of a mask)," he added.
How do we reduce the harm of plastic waste? Check out this episode of the One Minute With series: Small steps everyone can take to reduce plastic harm to animals.
About 'One Minute With' series
CGTN Nature talks to experts from across the world about life-changing environmental issues, such as climate change, plastic pollution and biodiversity loss, searching for possible solutions. "One Minute With" features the interview highlights into short videos to get to the heart of the argument fast. For in-depth discussions on each topic, stay tuned for our Environment Buzzword series!
(Cover image designed by CGTN's Huang Ruiqi and Liu Shaozhen)
(If you want to contribute and have specific expertise, please contact us at nature@cgtn.com.)
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