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The Costa Rican government on Wednesday called mis-handling of solid waste one of the biggest environmental problems facing the country today.
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No single-use plastics in Costa Rica national parks starting Feb. 25
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November 1, 2019
The project was originally more ambitious, but that he modified it so as not to affect the plastics industry, which employs 14,000 people in Costa Rica.
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