Together, they leave huge volumes of phosphorus where it can be easily washed into streams and eventually, into Lake Erie.

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The plastic will then be shredded locally and sent to a UK reprocessor where it will be washed, cut up into smaller flakes and melted down ready for manufacture into new products.

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Her hair, straining to be blond, had washed out into a color resembling sugarless gum of a lesser flavor.

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