Category FAQs Search : Waste Trade Pollution
Question: Solving Plastic pollution through accountability
Answer: Plastic is not inherently bad; it is a man-made invention
that has generated significant benefits for society.
Unfortunately, the way industries and governments
have managed plastic, and the way society has converted
it into a disposable and single-use convenience,
has transformed this innovation into a planetary
environmental disaster.
Nearly half of all plastic products littering the world
today were created after 2000. This issue is only decades
old, and yet over 75 per cent of all plastic ever produced
is already waste.
Based on the findings from this study, WWF urges
governments, industries, and members of the public
to acknowledge that the current global approach to
addressing the plastics crisis is failing. The absence
of an effective systemic response—at either the
national or international levels—hinders progress,
threatens sustainable economic growth, and has direct
consequences on the environment, species and people
(Source: Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, 10 Jun 2021)