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Plastic waste washed up by the sea lies on the beach of the coastal city of St. Louis, Senegal. Lucia Weiß/picture alliance via Getty Images

Nigeria has a coastal litter problem: it’s time to clean up

Oluniyi O. Fadare, Obafemi Awolowo University

West Africa’s marine litter problem cannot be ignored. It can hinder the region’s economic and tourism growth, while putting people’s health at risk.
Volunteers gather at a beach, to clean up plastic litter at a Lagos beach. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images

Pan‑African research networks are needed to manage continent’s plastic pollution threat

Holly Nel, University of Birmingham; Elvis Okoffo, The University of Queensland; Ifenna Ilechukwu, Madonna University, Nigeria, and Oluniyi O. Fadare

African government and international funding partners should focus on building laboratories in different parts of Africa to support plastic pollution research.

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