Telling Numbers: Bottles, bags and other plastic packages South Asians consume
2020-02-21 00:20
The report estimates that 60% of marine plastic pollution originates in these countries and 8 million tonnes of plastic enters the oceans every year. It has projected a 300% increase in plastic packaging between 2010 and 2050.
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