[Special Article] Everything About Plastic and Our Choice For Tomorrow 3. World’s Movement to be Plastic-free_2 (Asia, Africa, and the Middle East)
In general, we think that the environmental concern and movement start from advanced countries. The major issue of plastic waste these days is also considered the same. It sounds reasonable considering how these countries can afford financial support for proper waste treatment systems and for establishing the resource circulation system. They also provide education and campaigns to enhance community awareness for a sustainable society. However, the consequence of environmental pollution is not limited to a certain area in the world and it is brought up as a global issue to be solved. This urgently led other countries to involve more actively. Asia Ever since China stopped the import of plastic waste in 2018, many other countries in the continent started their war against plastics, too. After losing a giant waste dump, advanced countries looked for areas to toss theirs and the amount of much more than one could handle. In the end, countries such as Malaysia, the P...