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Single-use plastics are the new ozone layer, says UN environment chief

November 05, 2021
GZERO Staff
Single-Use Plastics Are the New Ozone Layer, Says UN Environment Chief | GZERO World

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If you get caught with a plastic bag in Nairobi these days, you're on the hook for $1,000. That's because Kenya has signed up to a "circular economy" that bans single-use plastics, so there's no choice but to recycle. UN Environment Programme Executive Director Inger Andersen says more nations are finally responding to growing public awareness about plastic pollution, which she thinks could drive policy change like the hole in the ozone layer did decades ago.

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