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Volunteers scour Marseille's beaches for plastic and beer bottles

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Volunteer organisations are trying to tackle the ongoing littering problem by promoting regular cleaning drives, where people can pick up as much as one tonne of garbage in a day.

Added on the 03/08/2021 10:29:03 - Copyright : Euronews EN

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