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Plastic Pollution Costs Morocco $1.2 Billion a Year, Greenpeace Report Finds
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Plastic Pollution Costs Morocco $1.2 Billion a Year, Greenpeace Report Finds
Plastic pollution is costing Morocco about MAD 12 billion ($1.2 billion) a year, equal to 0.8% of GDP, according to a Greenpeace Middle East and North Africa report released in September. The figure sits within a range of MAD 7.5 billion to MAD 25 billion ($0.75 billion to $2.5 billion), and it counts marine damage in the Mediterranean alone.
Every year, plastic pollution causes about $1.2 billion in damage (about 12 billion dirhams) to marine ecosystems along the Mediterranean coast of Morocco, according to a recent report by Greenpeace MENA. This is equivalent to almost 0.8% of GDP, not to mention impacts on the Atlantic coast or direct losses for tourism, fisheries and other sectors.
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