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The status and trends of riverine plastic pollution in the Lower Mekong River Basin

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N Oum Ro, Sith, I Beasley, X Le, A Hodgson, C Haberstroh, M Arias, Z Yin, T Sok, M Wang, J Jambeck, R Geyer, C Wilcox, T Siegler, M Perryman, A Andrady, . Law, K, C Meksumpun, S Meksumpun, C Ruengsorn, P Kasamesiri, W Thaimuangphol, L Lahens, E Strady, T Kieu-Le, R Dris, K Boukerma, E Rinnert, . Tassin, B, K Le, L Meijer, T Van Emmerik, R Van Der Ent, L Lebreton, V Minh, N Phuong, C Rochman, J Parnis, M Browne, S Serrato, E Reiner, M Robson, . Teh, S, P Ryan, C Schmidt, K Krauth, S Wagner, S Votier, K Archibald, G Morgan, L Morgan, R Yamashita, H Takada, M.-A Fukuwaka, Y Watanuki, L Young, C Vanderlip, D Duffy, V Afanasyev

Summary

This report analyzes the status of riverine plastic pollution in the Lower Mekong River Basin across four countries, estimating that about 8 million tons of plastic waste are produced annually in the region, with a large fraction entering waterways. The findings call for stronger national waste management frameworks and regional cooperation to reduce plastic pollution flowing into the ocean.

Study Type Environmental

This report explains the status and trends of plastic waste pollution in the Lower Mekong River Basin from the perspectives of plastic pollution itself as well as the frameworks and capacity of each Member Country to address the issues of plastic pollution. The report estimates that in 2020, its four countries had produced about 8 million tons of plastic waste – of which, some 70% to 90% were plastic bottles, plastic bags and Styrofoam. Yet this debris does more than adversely affect the Mekong and its tributaries.

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