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Rice for Plastic
November 7 , 2019
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- Residents of Bayanan outside the capital of Manila in Philippines, residents can hand over their plastic trash in return for rice.
- The Philippines remains one of the leading marine plastic polluters.
- Over half of the plastic waste comes from just five rapidly growing economies – China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.”
- According to the UN, around 300 million tonnes of plastic waste are generated every year.
- Only 9% of the plastic waste ever produced has been recycled, and today, just 14% is collected for recycling.
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