Across Asia, single-use plastic has replaced traditional materials — banana leaf wrapping in Thailand and Indonesia, and metal lunch boxes in India. In Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, Kulsum Beghum sorts trash at a landfill. Tests funded by a waste pickers’ union found 650 microplastic particles per millilitre in her blood. “Plastic is not good for me,”
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