The Wild Africa Fund (WAF), has disclosed that the constant use and accumulation of single use plastic as waste is damaging the environment and a threat to
Speaking about the threats of plastic pollution and its impact on oceans and marine wildlife in celebration of the 2023 World Environment Day scheduled for Monday, the Nigeria representatives at WAF, Festus Iyorah, said plastic pollution has become a huge and widespread problem in Nigeria.
World Environment Day is celebrated across the globe to reflect the impact of human activities on the environment while encouraging renewed public commitment to protecting the earth. This year’s theme, ‘solutions to Plastic Pollution’, represents an urgent call for the world to reduce plastic waste while finding local solutions to the damages caused by plastic pollution to the environment and wildlife.
Iyorah said, “Plastic pollution is a huge and widespread problem in Nigeria. Single-use plastic has now become part of our daily lives. Sadly, its constant use and accumulation as waste is damaging our environment, ocean and marine species, such as sea turtles.” Today, the world produces about 400 million tons of plastic per year. Of that, only less than 10 per cent is recycled, according to the United Nations Environment Program . In Nigeria, 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste is generated every year and 88 percent of these plastics are not recycled. As a result, they end up in waterways, dams, lagoons, and the ocean.
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