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Pakistan among six South Asian states transporting plastic pollution — World Bank

  • 68 percent of Afghanistan’s plastic leakage, 66 percent of Pakistan’s and 1.5 percent of India’s flows into the Indus River
  • Estimated 171 trillion plastic particles were afloat in oceans by 2019, peer-reviewed research led by 5 Gyres Institute says
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Lego to replace oil in its bricks with pricier renewable plastic

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Pakistan’s largest province bans production, trade of plastic bags 

By Arab News Pakistan ·
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Philippines deploys river rangers in battle against plastic

By AFP ·

Plastic use in Pakistan rising by 15 percent every year — climate minister

By Arab News Pakistan ·

‘I like plastic’: Pakistan’s toxic ‘love affair’ with waste

By AFP ·

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