Malaysians use the most plastic among Asia’s worst ocean polluters
17 February 2020 - 16:07
Kuala Lumpur — An analysis of Asia’s worst ocean polluters shows Malaysians are the biggest individual consumers of plastic packaging, green group WWF said on Monday, urging the government to limit single-use plastics and work with companies to fund a recycling push.
The WWF report on plastics looked at China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam — which contribute 60% of the estimated 8-million tonnes of plastic that enter the world’s oceans each year...
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