OAPEC Secretariat General organised a seminar on plastic waste and the concept of circular economy.The main goal of the event was to highlight and warn of the looming and growing danger of plastic waste on humans,land and sea.It is also a waste of huge economic wealth unless managed wisely.Plastic waste risks grow year after year.Its huge volumes have reached alarming levels threatening marine environment where there is a ton of plastic waste per every ton of fish.If the current handling of plastic waste continues as is without finding creative solutions,there will be 3 tons of waste per every ton of fish by 2050.The world would need land that is tenfold the size of planet earth to be used as landfills by 2055.
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