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Challenges in Asian nations' plastics fight

By Prime Sarmiento in Hong Kong | China Daily | Updated: 2019-02-14 07:13

Fundamental changes needed to tackle waste management, analysts suggest

Late last year, the carcass of a sperm whale that washed ashore in eastern Indonesia was found to contain a huge lump of plastic waste - including bags and cups.

The discovery came six months after an autopsy of a pilot whale was spotted in a southern Thai province canal, with plastic bags and other trash in its stomach.

Challenges in Asian nations' plastics fight

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