US EditionDENR Seeks End to Plastic Pollution
- On June 8, GreenSeas Trust celebrated a significant achievement, having blocked approximately one million plastic bottles from polluting the ocean through its BinForGreenSeas campaign across coastal towns in the UK and Qatar.
- This milestone builds on a campaign started in 2003 to address growing plastic pollution highlighted by World Ocean Day events advocating ocean protection worldwide.
- The initiative installs recycling bins in key seaside locations that reduce single-use plastics degrading into harmful microplastics damaging ecosystems and marine life.
- Founder Fazilette Khan highlighted that their efforts have prevented more than a million plastic bottles from polluting the ocean, illustrating how simple actions by individuals can lead to substantial environmental benefits.
- This achievement underscores the need for ongoing public engagement and policy measures to combat plastic pollution and promote sustainable plastic use globally.
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The Manila TimesDENR seeks end to plastic pollution
DEPARTMENT of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) officials called on the public to help beat plastic pollution during the commemoration of World Environment Day on Thursday. "Ending Global Plastic Pollution" is the theme of this year's commemoration. Plastic production has risen exponentially during the recent decades, ballooning to around 400 million tons annually, according to the UN Environment Program. The organization also projects th…
Ending plastic pollution: Policy and technological innovation
Plastic pollution is one of the most urgent environmental challenges facing our planet. Each year, over 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced worldwide, with half destined for single-use products; yet less than 10 percent is recycled.The remainder
Minister commits to dump solution, mum on plastic ban - Cayman Islands Headline News
Photo courtesy of Plastic Free Cayman (CNS): In an address to mark World Environment Day, which this year was focused on beating plastic pollution, Environment Minister Kathy Ebanks-Wilks accepted that this is a growing problem here in the Cayman Islands. But even as she committed to addressing the wider waste-management problem and the George Town…
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