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Bangkok Declaration

June 25 , 2019 1771 days 778 0
  • The Bangkok Declaration on Combating Marine Debris in ASEAN Region has been adopted by leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
  • According to Ocean Conservancy report 2017 China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand alone dump more than half of the eight million tonnes of plastic waste in oceans every year.
  • The Bangkok declaration has not mentioned about bans on single use plastic.

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