{"id":3905,"date":"2023-07-01T20:01:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T17:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/foresteconomics\/?p=3905"},"modified":"2023-07-01T20:01:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T17:01:36","slug":"acting-now-can-beat-plastic-pollution-says-un-secretary-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/foresteconomics\/acting-now-can-beat-plastic-pollution-says-un-secretary-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Acting now can beat plastic pollution, says UN Secretary-General"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;If we act now, we can #beatplasticpollution ,&quot; says Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres\" width=\"1150\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qvMfr14Iff0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"block-unep-3spot-content\">\n<article id=\"ThisOne\" role=\"article\" data-history-node-id=\"34458\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"field_body\">\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--content paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"para_content_text\">\n<div>\n<p>Every year, over\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/resources\/turning-off-tap-end-plastic-pollution-create-circular-economy\">400 million tonnes of plastic<\/a>\u00a0is produced worldwide, one third of which is used just once. 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