US EditionWorld Environment Day 2025: 7 Easy Changes You Can Make to Cut Down on Your Plastic Waste
- World Environment Day 2025 took place on June 5th in Jeju, Republic of Korea, focusing on reducing plastic pollution globally.
- The annual event, started by UNEP in 1973 with the theme "Only One Earth," highlights pressing environmental hazards, especially plastics.
- Plastic pollution contaminates ecosystems and human bodies through microplastics, causing severe health impacts and threatening biodiversity.
- "Beat Plastic Pollution" is this year's theme, supported by data showing 19-23 million tonnes leak yearly and over 50,000 plastic particles ingested per person annually.
- UN leaders urge a comprehensive, just, and swift international agreement addressing plastics' lifecycle to curb pollution and mitigate climate risks.
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World Environment Day: The Snack Wrapper That Killed the Mighty Elephant
The title of this article sounds like an epic David vs Goliath story, but in this case, the mighty elephants are, in a sense, the Davids, fighting against the Goliath-like threat of plastic.Much has been written about the harmful effects of plastic on our environment, ranging from soil pollution to water pollution, and even microplastics in our food. An aspect that is rarely discussed is the effect of plastics on India’s National Heritage Animal…
World Environment Day 2025: 7 easy changes you can make to cut down on your plastic waste
The theme for World Environment Day this year is 'Beat Plastic Pollution'. Plastics are one of the biggest hazards today, be it for the environment or for your health. Here are some easy changes you can make in your daily life to reduce your plastic waste.
The United Nations marks the World Environment Day with a global mobilization against plastic pollution, the day is celebrated on Friday and has this year as a country host to South Korea.
Last year, the Planet's Overload Day was August 1. This year resources were spent a week earlier, in the calculations of the international organization of sustainability, pioneering of the ecological grip, which published them this Friday, World Environment Day.
The plastic is everywhere: from the packaging of your favorite products to the cosmetics and textiles you use on a daily basis. Although it seems indispensable, its excessive use has serious environmental consequences. According to the Life Out Of Plastic (LOOP) organization, many single-use plastics have a service life of just 12 to 15 minutes, but it can take up to 500 years to disappear. But not all is lost. From home, you can adopt simple ha…
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