Tackling Asia Plastic Pollution by Jed Alegado , Clemens Kunze and Kevin Li

In our series of letters from African journalists, Zeinab Zhao explains why the introduction of single-use plastics in Asia changed dramatically after World War II, when many parts of Asia underwent rapid industrialisation and urbanisation. Here, she looks at how the region’s poorer communities embraced a prevalent culture of convenience and

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Published on 2021-05-28