Marine Assignment 2 - Article Review

TITLE: ASSIGNMENT 2
ARTICLE REVIEW
LECTURER:
KENNEDY AARON AGUOL
Matric No. Name
BA19110391 TERRY OJUDAH

ARTICLE REVIEW
This report was commissioned to examine the volume of plastic packaging has climbed over
the past few years since 2010 and make some recommendation some ways of decreasing
the volume.
The research draws attention to the fact that plastics in 6 countries (China,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) contribute 60% of the estimated 8
million tonnes of plastic that enter the world’s ocean each year. It was caused by household
consumption of plastic packaging within 27 million tonnes were consumed across 6 nations
in 2016. Further investigations reveal that Malaysia ranked highest among the 6 countries
analysed in term of annual per-capita plastic packaging consumption. Moreover, the report
says Malaysia ranked highest at about 16.8 kg per person.
The report evaluates this range and concludes Malaysians consumed the most
plastics because they were among the wealthiest by our plastic packaging in food delivery
and day-to-day products bought in supermarkets. Many parts of Asia largely failed to control
the volume of plastic packaging and have created a disaster by throw it into the seas. It will
affect the tourism, fishing and shipping industries, which is hurting and killing the marine life
and enters bothering the human food chain.
It is recommended for us to solve all these problems; reducing the volume of plastic
packaging with a few steps from the report.
 Introduce regulation to limit single-use plastic.

 Introduce a system – use less plastic packaging and fund better recycling schemes
 Awareness campaigns to encourage people into the habit of separating their waste
(plastic, aluminium, paper, and other waste)
ARTICLE REFERENCES.
Reuters (2020, February 17). Report: Malaysians Asia’s biggest plastic consumers. Retrieved
from https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2020/02/566374/report-malaysians-asias-
biggest-plastic-consumers .
Report: Malaysians Asia's biggest plastic consumers
An analysis of Asia’s worst ocean polluters shows Malaysians are the biggest individual
consumers of plastic packaging. -NSTP/File pic
By Reuters - February 17, 2020 @ 3:21pm
KUALA LUMPUR: An analysis of Asia’s worst ocean polluters shows Malaysians are the biggest
individual consumers of plastic packaging, green group WWF said on Monday, urging the
government to limit single-use plastics and work with companies to fund a recycling push.
The WWF report on plastics looked at China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and
Vietnam - which contribute 60 per cent of the estimated 8 million tonnes of plastic that enter the
world’s oceans each year.
It focused on household consumption of plastic packaging - the plastic most likely to end up in
seas - and found that 27 million tonnes were consumed across all six nations in 2016, the most
recent year for which reliable data was available.
Globally the volume of plastic waste going into the ocean is set to quadruple between 2010 and
2050, meaning that the sea could contain more plastic by weight than fish by mid-century, the
report noted.
Meanwhile, carbon emissions associated with plastic - from production to burning - reached 860
million tonnes in 2019, greater than the annual emissions of Thailand, Vietnam and the
Philippines combined, it added.
Malaysia ranked highest among the six countries analysed in terms of annual per-capita plastic
packaging consumption, at about 16.8 kg per person, followed by Thailand at 15.5 kg.
Thomas Schuldt, WWF’s coordinator of work on a plastic circular economy, said Malaysians
consumed the most plastic because they were among the wealthiest.
“There is lots of food delivery, which is plastic packaging-heavy - but in addition, there are also a
lot of day-to-day products bought in supermarkets,” Kuala Lumpur-based Schuldt told the
Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Many parts of Asia have fast-growing economies and populations, and huge coastlines with
densely inhabited cities, but garbage collection services and infrastructure have largely failed to
keep pace with rapid development.
These factors have created a “perfect storm” for waste leaking into the surrounding seas,
conservation experts say.
In addition, after China banned plastic-waste imports at the start of 2018, top exporters like the
United States and European nations started shipping to other Asian countries.
Besides hurting the tourism, fishing and shipping industries, plastic waste can kill marine life and
enter the human food chain, according to environmental experts.
Schuldt urged Malaysia and other Asian governments to introduce regulation to limit single-use
plastics.
He called on Malaysia to also work with businesses and green groups to introduce a system
encouraging consumer goods firms to use less plastic packaging and fund better recycling
schemes, as more than 30 other countries have done, including in Asia.
Malaysia’s environment ministry declined to comment.
Last year, the government launched the Malaysia Plastics Pact to start a public debate on how to
improve recycling, and its findings are likely to be released in March, Schuldt noted.
Malaysia’s waste is often mixed and ends up in landfill, which can be washed into rivers and
seas by extreme weather.
Awareness campaigns to encourage Malaysians to get into the habit of separating their waste
could improve recycling rates, Schuldt said. - Reuters

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TITLE: ASSIGNMENT 2

KENNEDY AARON AGUOL

Matric No. Name

BA19110391 TERRY OJUDAH

 Introduce regulation to limit single-use plastic.

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