The scholars spoke during a Circular Plastic Economy Innovation Hub Stakeholders Engagement Workshop on Tuesday at the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife.InformationGuideNigeria
Dr. Adedapo Adediji, a researcher at Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute, PAULESI, said burning of plastic caused air pollution hazardous to human health.
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“In the next 50 years, there’ll be more floating plastic in the ocean than fish which would terminate the water body and be very dangerous to the environment.
“Government alone cannot do it, that’s why we are sensitising stakeholders like government representatives, academia, students, people in the industry that produce plastics and the likes.JAMB Portal
“To stop scattering plastic anyhow, stakeholders need to be engaged by finding a meaningful way of gathering them together and dropping them at the collation centre,” Mr Adediji said.
For Dr. Olukunle Babaremi, also a PAULESI researcher, plastics in 100 years would not change their forms.
“By 2030, if care is not taken, we’ll have more plastic in the ocean than aquatic life.JAMB Result
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“We need to give proper awareness to students on campus that this is a general problem that would affect everybody and would affect them too.
“We talk to them on the culture of plastic that they should not throw it away anyhow because everything ends up in the drainage,” he said.
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Live, Study and Work in Canada. No Payment is Required! Hurry Now click here to Apply >> Immigrate to CanadaHe said that ground plastic could be reproduced in horticultural and concrete containers for construction sites.
He called on bottling companies making their money from plastics to support responsible recycling and disposal of plastic.NYSC Portal
Babaremi also enjoined public support by disposing of waste separately to make it easier for scavengers at collection points.
He appealed to NGOs supported by international bodies, plastic companies, and private sector businesses to give monetary incentives to scavengers supplying them with plastics.