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Will Asia’s Rise Mean the Wreckage of Planet Earth?

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Asia Sentinel
Feb 27, 2018
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Asia has industrialized at speed, reducing poverty and raising living standards in urbanized space. Aerosols, plastic bottles and wraps become the new lifestyle of ‘use-throw’ consumption. Waste disposal infrastructures are not a priority, so urban garbage rots in the open or is dumped into rivers and oceans. Carbon emissions from factories and traffic …

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