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Angolan President João Lourenço wanted to fight the increasing pollution in the country as pollution has reached worrying levels. His resolution to fight pollution is contained in a presidential decree announced recently
Angolan President João Lourenço wanted to fight the increasing pollution in the country as pollution has reached worrying levels. His resolution to fight pollution is contained in a presidential decree announced recently.
To address the menacing issue, the president has established a working group to draft a national plan to ban plastics. The working group will initially endeavour to measure the state of pollution in the country. The pollution levels are set to go up in Angola as the official estimate is that in the country 12.4 million plastic bags are distributed for free every day in trade, particularly by retail shopkeepers.
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Angola has a 1,600-kilometre coastline. Plastic pollution is a real threat to aquatic ecosystems. Last year, the head of the National Solid Waste Agency warned against the excessive use of plastic bags, which interfered with the country’s fragile ecosystem. A UN study says that more than 800 marine and coastal species are affected by plastic pollution through ingestion and entanglement. It also revealed that about 11 million tonnes of plastic waste are dumped into the ocean every year. This figure could triple by 2040, the UN warns.
