THE PLASTIC MENACE: REALITY AND WAY FORWARD.

"Plastic pollution could be waging a war which might surpass terrorism and other types of civil unrest"

The world especially the the West have began a counter attack on plastic which destroy environment.

Plastic has been found in almost every where in the world, there's plastic at the climax of Mount Everest, there's plastic in the Artic ocean.
Every minute, a garbage truck of plastic finds its way into waters.
A particular spot in the Pacific Ocean contains plastics bigger as much as Texas!!

Plastic destroys biodiversity, it is harmful to plants, animals and humans alike!
While there are sudden and innovative solutions to this menace, some countries are yet to come to terms with the fact that something needs to be done.

In Many European countries, there's been outright bans, heavy taxing and adequate recycling of plastic.
Many African countries are also in this race.
Kudos to Rwanda and the rest.

In Nigeria, there is a poor waste management system. From highways to streets in both rural and urban areas, you'll see heaps of refuse, 80 percent of which is plastic.

Where do they get to? To our farms, drainages, rivers, seas, oceans.

The farms sustain most communities.
The water bodies provide 80 percent of drinking water to most riverine dwellers.
Waters also are homes of fishes which are food to us.
The aesthetic aspect of this hasn't even been taken into perspective.

Nigeria is the biggest African country with about 180 million people. Nigeria is equally the biggest black nation in the world.
Nigeria is equally a world market!
Everything finds a consumer in the country.

When you walk into a shop, look around, plastic everywhere. Most of which are just single use.
Soft drinks, water, snacks, and the rest are plastic.

Throwing trash anywhere is not just a big problem now, the bigger one is this: There's plastic in them.

To solve this problem, we  must recognize that it is a problem that could be solved.
The government's  role here is indispensable.
In Rwanda, when you check in at the airport, your luggage will be checked against plastic!!!

Government should set a time frame to phase out single use plastics and to  find better recycling methods.

Parties should be plastic free, companies should limit and stop the production of plastic products.

Consumers should refuse plastic with discipline.

We must partner with countries with superior technology and we must set a time frame to outrightly phase out and ban plastic.

Anything is possible when we believe it's possible. It's possible to have a plastic free Nigeria.

The war against plastic has begun!

WORLD CHANGERS SOCIETY is on this mission to see a plastic free Nigeria.

Soon, the WOCAS "EARTH PRIORITY" campaign will be launched.

We are determined to partner with the UNO to achieve the SDGs.

We are motivated to change the world!


Ferdinand Ochor
(President, World Changers society - WOCAS)