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Egypt · Morocco · Tunisia

Counting the cost of plastic pollution

What inaction costs, and what acting now would return.

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US$5.5 BnWhat plastic pollution costs, up to, across the three countries today
US$98 BnCumulative cost, up to, of doing nothing by 2040
65%Of plastic entering the Mediterranean starts inland

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