white pollution

white pollution
 n.— «Like other countries, China is also suffering from “white pollution,” a term coined to describe the unsightly tumbleweed of plastic bags blowing around on our streets.» —“White pollution blights landscape” China Daily May 31, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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