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Montevideo, November 22nd 2024 - 04:31 UTC

Tag: Waste management

  • Tuesday, April 10th 2018 - 09:02 UTC

    Plastic crisis: divert foreign aid to dumpsites in developing countries

    Some 38 out of 50 of the world’s largest uncontrolled dump sites are in coastal areas and many of them spill waste directly into the sea.

    By Christine Cole (*) - Plastic pollution in the oceans is a major problem that is finally getting the attention it deserves, thanks to Blue Plan II. It makes headline news almost every week – and famous figures such as the Pope, Prince Charles, Dame Ellen MacArthur and Sir David Attenborough have all joined the debate.