Asean needs to spend US$178 billion to fix plastic leakage by 2050: OECD

Published on August 6, 2025

Lower-middle income countries in the region will bear the highest cost of stopping plastic waste from leaking into the oceans, found a report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

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