The struggle against plastic choking the Mekong

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The struggle against plastic choking the Mekong - Eco-Business

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Plastic is now ubiquitous in the Mekong, Asia’s Mother of Rivers, and experts and local people are struggling to contain the risks to human health, biodiversity and livelihoods.

These sites showcase the problems the plastics treaty needs to address: waste from newly produced plastic, the damaging impact of plastic waste on local people and the transnational nature of the problem.

Now, Le relies on enclosed ponds using filtered water to keep his fish alive.“I built this ecological environment free of plastic waste, chemical spills and [protected it from] extreme weather,” he says.