He stated the above while participating in a discussion held at the Ministry of Environment.

Accordingly, it was revealed that around 29,200 kilograms of empty ballpoint pens are released into the environment in a year.

In the same way, a large number of plastic toothbrushes are released to the environment on a daily basis, and discarded ballpoint pens and toothbrushes cause a great deal of soil pollution.

This is because both products take 50-75 years to decompose.

The Minister further stated that in order to prevent the environmental pollution from the release of empty pens a program will be formulated to collect and recycle the waste material.