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It is also sparking health concerns for the people who live in the marine ecosystem.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace Aotearoa plastics campaigner, Juressa Lee, says the findings illustrate the need for a more comprehensive ban on unnecessary single-use plastic products like plastic drink bottles.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe findings are horrendous; there was not one area sampled where microplastics were not present. There were particularly high levels in shellfish, including tuatua, cockles and wedge shells,\u201d she says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThis shows that the Government\u2019s recently announced plan to phase out some \u2018difficult to recycle single-use plastic items\u2019 does not go far enough. We need to see bolder action that eliminates single-use plastic bottles which are one of the most pervasive contributors to plastic pollution on land and sea.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace Aotearoa continues to call for the ban to cover a wider range of products including single-use plastic drink bottles like Coke, Pepsi and Pump which ultimately break down into microplastics in the ocean.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe Labour Government\u2019s new commitment to phase out single-use plastics puts us on the right track but it isn\u2019t enough. We need to go further if we are to ever find our way back from this plastic pollution crisis,\u201d says Lee.<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace Aotearoa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/petition.act.greenpeace.org.nz\/plastics-banbottles?_ga=2.87249752.1117048181.1625539091-1125511172.1625539091&amp;_gac=1.183585620.1625689748.CjwKCAjwoZWHBhBgEiwAiMN66YXU4v5Jfu7K1jTPk9IYtDlD6U1eDS08N2fhtvoigBXuL7l1IEUfQRoCO2oQAvD_BwE\">petition to \u201cban the bottle\u201d now has over 80,000 signatures<\/a> and the organisation is vowing to renew its efforts to eliminate throwaway plastic bottles.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout post-15237 \"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Image\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"cover-card-overlay\"\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/petition\/petition-ban-single-use-plastic-bottles\/\" 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