Category FAQs Search : Waste Trade Pollution
Question: Ensuring sustainability in plastics use in Africa: consumption, waste generation, and projections
Answer: Currently, plastic is at the top of the international agenda for waste management. Recent meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel and the Stockholm Conventions have expressed concerns over the impact of plastic waste, marine plastic litter, and microplastics, and emphasised the importance of reducing consumption and ensuring the environmentally sound management of waste plastics. This study presents the first continental historical analysis of mass importation and consumption of different polymers and plastics (primary and secondary forms, respectively) in Africa and the associated pollution potential. We identified, collated and synthesised dispersed international trade data on the importation of polymers and plastics into several African countries.
(Source: Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, 10 Jun 2021)
Source Link: https://enveurope.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s12302-019-0254-5