Plastic Pollution Causes $5.5B Losses Annually
Reports from Greenpeace Middle East and North Africa reveal that plastic pollution costs North African countries between $1.7 billion and $5.5 billion annually, due to environmental and economic damages caused by pollution in the Mediterranean Sea, which receives 229,000 tons of plastic each year and contains over a million tons on its seabed. Projections indicate that if the situation continues to deteriorate, costs could rise to between $30 billion and $98 billion by 2040. The reports recommend taking action at both the national and regional levels, including improving waste management, reducing usage, and supporting sustainable alternatives to address the production and economic crisis resulting from plastic pollution.
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