South Asia’s Ocean Plastic Woes: World Bank Report Offers Hope

The World Bank has released its “South Asia Marine Plastic Pollution Report 2024.” Six of the eight countries in the South Asia region share transboundary river systems, which facilitate the transboundary transportation of pollutants such as solid waste (including plastics), industrial wastewater, domestic wastewater, and microplastics. The report aims to support the development of evidence-based policies and strategies to reduce plastic pollution and transition to a regional framework for a circular economy for plastics.