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Plastic waste is evil, INEOS calls for zero tolerance policies

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By Charles Ogallo Plastics are fundamental to modern life but plastic waste is an issue in sharp focus like never before, according to INEOS, one of the World largest chemicals producers , as it calls on governments globally to adopt zero tolerance policies against littering  The company says plastic is valuable just like glass, metal, and paper but plastic waste becomes evil especially when it is badly handled adding that giving up om plastic may not ultimately be the solution to global wastes problems.  Owned by British billionaire chemical engineer turned financier and industrialist Sir James Arthur Ratcliffe, the company calls for further innovations on plastic waste recycling technologies  and  a global approach  towards  solving the global problem, This comes as reports show oceans chocking with mou ntains of plastic wastes threatening the entire marine ecosystem across the world.  Between 60-80 per cent  marine pollution  is composed of plas