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K 2016: Slash global plastics production 'to save the oceans', says NGO
The plastic waste entering the oceans would rise ten-fold from current estimates of between 4.8 million
tonnes and 12.7 million tonnes by 2025
The world must stop producing and consuming plastic coast of Africa often blighted by it, Detloff said.
at current levels if the growing tide of waste in the
world’s oceans is to be reversed, a leading marine expert He said had been “shocked” by the scale and impact of
warned last week. Dr Cornelius Detloff, head of marine MARINE
