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“If you walk into retail establishments, everything you want is behind locked plastic cases, “ McDonnell said.

Just over a year ago, after a massive explosion in the parking area of Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza killed 471 people and wounded hundreds more, plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, who was performing surgery at Al-Ahli when the roof fell in, gave an extraordinary press conference.

The study, conducted by Silent Spring and UC Berkeley researchers, suggests the law helped to reduce exposure to toxic substances commonly found in diesel exhaust and plastic materials.

The green plastic stem and black button in the centre of the poppy have been done away with to reduce plastic waste.

By 2026, these new-style poppies will have completely replaced the plastic and paper ones that we've been used to in the past.