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Mr Guterres warned what might happen in the
if we do not act. He said: "By 2050, there could be more plastic than fish in the
. Microplastics…are creating health problems that we're
just beginning to understand." The president of South Korea asked
to agree on a
to zero plastic pollution. He said we must stop thinking of plastic as being
. He added: "The
…in our oceans and rivers now [risks] the
of future generations." He asked governments, "to open a
historic chapter by [signing] a
on plastic pollution".
