US EditionUN Harps on Plastic Pollution Eradication on World Environment Day
- On June 5, 2025, the UN and Republic of Korea led World Environment Day activities focusing on reducing plastic pollution globally.
- This observance follows ongoing efforts since 2022, including international negotiations aiming to establish a legally binding treaty on plastic pollution.
- Plastic pollution contaminates all ecosystems, with 11 million tons leaking annually into water and plastic particles found in humans' organs worldwide.
- UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged urgent action for an ambitious treaty covering the full plastic lifecycle to address health and ecosystem threats.
- The event reinforced calls for sustained global cooperation to implement solutions, aiming for cleaner environments and enhanced climate resilience.
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“Plastic pollution is suffocating our planet, damaging ecosystems, well-being and climate,” said António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations (UN). In the framework of World Environment Day – June 5, he recalled that every year approximately 400 million tons of plastic waste are generated [...] The charge Plastic pollution suffocates the planet: UN Secretary General first appeared on Contraline.
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