BAN Toxics, Community Groups Mark International Plastic Bag Free Day 2025 with Call to End Plastic Pollution

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Every July 3rd, the International Plastic Bag-Free Day is remembered worldwide, a date created to raise awareness about the environmental impact of single-use plastic. However, in a tour conducted today, 4 July, by various parts of Tacna, it was found that the use of this material remains a common practice, despite the environmental risks it represents. According to data from the Ministry of the Environment, 10 million plastic bags are used in t…

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Greenpeace Spain has reiterated the urgency of eliminating single-use plastics, pointing out that plastic pollution constitutes one of the greatest environmental threats of our time. Every year, more than 12 million tons of plastic end up in the oceans, damaging ecosystems, fauna and entering the food chain. In Spain, each person uses and discards an average of 144 single-use plastic bags a year, with a useful life of just 12 minutes, but that t…