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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
World Economic Forum warns what could happens if humans continue to use<span
class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#333333'> </span></span><a
href="http://www.peruthisweek.com/the-break-lp-life-out-of-plastic-80181"><span
style='color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>plastics</span></a><span
class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#333333'> </span></span>as
they do now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#111111'>Plastics to outnumber fish in oceans by 2050, says World
Economic Forum<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hillary
Ojeda<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>January 20, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-plastics-to-outnumber-fish-in-oceans-by-2050-says-world-economic-forum-108637">http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-plastics-to-outnumber-fish-in-oceans-by-2050-says-world-economic-forum-108637</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;font-stretch: normal'><span
style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><a
href="http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-plastics-to-outnumber-fish-in-oceans-by-2050-says-world-economic-forum-108637"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#0066CC;text-decoration:none'><img border=0
width=624 height=468 id="Imagen_x0020_1"
src="cid:image001.jpg@01D1658B.166F2FA0"
alt="Plastics to outnumber fish in oceans by 2050, says World Economic Forum"></span></a></span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:13.65pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#333333'>If humans continue their ways business as usual, there will be
more plastics in the ocean than fish. (Photo: El Comercio/EFE)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:14.7pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:
10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:14.7pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:
10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The mass of<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>plastic</span></strong><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>floating in the earth’s oceans
is hard to imagine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:14.7pt;background:white;font-stretch: normal;
orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#333333'>Even harder to imagine is the latest report by the<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>World
Economic Forum</span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>that
says “<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>by 2050,
oceans are expected to contain more plastics than fish</span></strong><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>(by weight).”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:14.7pt;background:white;font-stretch: normal;
orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#333333'>They not only put forth this alarming fact but also proposes the
question of how can humanity put the breaks on plastics use, while at the same
time promoting opportunities for innovation to build better environmental
outcomes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:14.7pt;background:white;font-stretch: normal;
orphans: auto;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> “The
best research currently available estimates that there are <strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>over 150 million tonnes (165 million
tons) of plastics in the ocean today</span></strong>,” reads the report.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:14.7pt;background:white;font-stretch: normal;
orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#333333'>“In a business-as-usual scenario, the ocean is expected to
contain 1 tonne (1.1 tons) of plastic for every 3 tonnes of fish by 2025, and
by 2050, more plastics than fish (by weight).”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:14.7pt;background:white;font-stretch: normal;
orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#333333'>So what does this mean for Peru? This<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>could
be devastating</span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>for
not only the fishing sector (which would have highly contaminated fish) and the
marine wildlife, but also the chain that revolves around it (which includes
humans).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.7pt;background:white;
font-stretch: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#333333'>Read the full report<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_The_New_Plastics_Economy.pdf"><span
style='color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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