In Brest, CEDRE fights against ocean pollution

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Plastic waste floats on the surface of the ocean off the coast of Honduras in 2017. © Caroline Power / AFP

By: Anne Verdaguer Follow

Direction Brest, where the summit of the oceans takes place, the One Ocean Summit.

One of the main themes of this summit concerns the pollution of the seas.

Not far from the commercial port, CEDRE studies and lists this pollution such as plastic, very present in the oceans.

But the historical role of this organization is to help fight against accidental pollution such as hydrocarbons spilled at sea.

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