Asia's plastic leakage to environment to rise 70% by 2050: OECD

Plastic waste leakage to the environment in Southeast Asian countries plus China, Japan and South Korea could increase by nearly 70 percent by 2050 from 2022 levels without effective measures to reduce the pollution, according to an OECD report released recently.Describing the region as a "hotspot for plastic pollution," the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said in its report that mismanaged plastic waste remains a major concern, with 8.4 million tons leaking to the environment there in 2022."Informal and unsafe practices, such as open burning and dumping, persist in mo…READ FULL ARTICLE