date:Dec 06, 2018
, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand - accounted for up to 60 percent of plastic waste leaking into oceans, according to a 2015 study. Contributing factors include fast-growing economies and populations, long coastlines with many densely-populated cities, and inadequate waste and recycling infrastructure.
Reuters.com reports how national or local governments in more than 40 countries around the world have imposed bans on single-use plastic bags, including the Philippines, Malaysia