UNEP CALLS FOR GLOBAL ACTION ON MARITIME PLASTICS POLLUTION
February 2nd, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has called for global action to tackle the growing problem of plastics pollution in the world's seas and oceans. Its 2011 year book highlights "persistent, bio-accumulating and toxic substances" associated with plastic marine waste as "a new and emerging concern". The problem is partly about scale: in north America and western Europe each person now uses around 100kg of plastic materials annually, projected to rise sharply to 140kg by 2015. And Asian emerging market countries ...
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