{"id":2318,"date":"2023-01-05T16:52:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T16:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/?p=2318"},"modified":"2023-01-05T16:53:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T16:53:14","slug":"angola-forms-team-to-draft-anti-plastics-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/05\/angola-forms-team-to-draft-anti-plastics-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Angola forms team to draft anti-plastics law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In an effort to tackle environmental pollution, Angolan President Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o has set up a task force to draft a national legal plan to ban plastic.<br><br>In a presidential decree published in the Jornal de Angola, Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o explained that there are \u201cworrying levels of pollution resulting from the use of plastic in general\u201d.<br><br>The decree specifies that the task force will initially be responsible for carrying out a national diagnosis to \u201cmeasure the state of pollution\u201d in the country.<br><br>In Angola, 12.4 million plastic bags are distributed for free every day in trade, said the head of the National Solid Waste Agency.<br><br>Angola has a 1,600-kilometre coastline and plastic pollution is a real threat to aquatic ecosystems.<br><br>Last year, the head of the National Solid Waste Agency said that a total of 12.4 million plastic bags are distributed free of charge every day in Angola in commercial exchanges.<br><br><br>According to the UN, more than 800 marine and coastal species are affected by plastic pollution through ingestion and entanglement, while about 11 million tonnes of plastic waste are dumped into the ocean every year.<br><br>According to the UN, this figure could triple by 2040.<\/p><div class=\"afric-content\" id=\"afric-927833364\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schools.nyc.gov\/hello?utm_source=ecm-digital&#038;utm_medium=cpc&#038;utm_campaign=lac-dex-2026&#038;utm_content=french\" aria-label=\"French&#8212;300&#215;250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/French-300x250-1.gif?fit=300%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"  class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to tackle environmental pollution, Angolan President Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o has set up a task force to draft a national legal plan to ban plastic. 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