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  • Plastic Waste Management in Asia Pacific Region: Issues and Challenges

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    Francis, Annes Elsa
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    Herat, Sunil S.
    Year published
    2020
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    Rapidly growing plastic usage and its subsequent release into the natural environment significantly increase the amounts of plastics entering oceans and require urgent action on a global scale. As the world's fastest-growing economies, Asia-Pacific countries have a very high material footprint as well as a plastic footprint. Massive urbanization, rapid industrialization, and changing production and consumption practices made many countries in the region as the world's most significant contributors of plastic litter. According to studies, around 60% of the total mismanaged plastic waste is coming from the region. In this ...
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    Rapidly growing plastic usage and its subsequent release into the natural environment significantly increase the amounts of plastics entering oceans and require urgent action on a global scale. As the world's fastest-growing economies, Asia-Pacific countries have a very high material footprint as well as a plastic footprint. Massive urbanization, rapid industrialization, and changing production and consumption practices made many countries in the region as the world's most significant contributors of plastic litter. According to studies, around 60% of the total mismanaged plastic waste is coming from the region. In this paper, a few common challenges faced by these countries inadequately managing their plastic waste are identified. This includes inefficient waste management systems, high rates of informal waste picking and treatment, and insufficient waste legislations. It is also found that the primary cause of marine plastic pollution is unsustainable human activities, and the significant pathways of land-based plastic litter to the oceans are rivers.
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    Journal Title
    Environment and Ecology
    Volume
    38
    Issue
    3
    Publisher URI
    https://www.environmentandecology.com/copy-of-volume-39-2021
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    © 2020 Environment and Ecology. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Pollution and contamination
    Environmental engineering
    Marine Litter
    Marine Plastics
    Plastic waste management
    Plastic leakage
    Asia Pacific Region
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/400595
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