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Despite consensus, plastic continues to pile up published : 26 Apr 2021 at 04:30 4 Most customers don t bring their own cups and bags when they buy things from vendors, which contributes to the amount of plastic waste. Bangkok Post photo Plastic pollution is never far away in Southeast Asia. It s in the streets, the rivers, the forests, the beaches and almost anywhere else you care to look. According to a 2018 United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) analysis of plastics production, demand and waste, half of the world s plastic is produced in Asia and around 40 per cent of all plastic is consumed in the Asia-Pacific region. It is clear the region is at the heart of the global plastic waste crisis.