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Societies generally produce large amounts of municipal solid waste (food wastes, packaged goods, disposable goods, used electronics). They also generate commercial and industrial wastes (demolition debris, incineration residues, refinery sludges). Only in the EU, 2.5...
Plastic pollution in Senegal has become a major crisis. In 2010 the country ranked 21st among the world’s top ocean polluters - 254,700 tonnes. Hence, in 2015 Senegal passed a law to ban single-use plastic bags prohibiting the production, import, distribution, or use...
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