World Environment Day
June 5, 2018
World Environment Day is observed worldwide on June 5 every year to bring awareness and taking action for the protection of our environment. The day is celebrated in over 100 countries.
“Beat Plastic Pollution” is chosen as the theme of World Environment Day, hosted this year by India.
“If you can’t reuse it, refuse it”
Protecting the planet is everyone’s responsibility and it depends on all of us…
But we are putting the planet under enormous pressure. We are depleting the Earth’s natural resources, polluting its air and water, destabilizing the climate, and driving many of its species to extinction.
A healthy environment is the foundation of human life…
If we work together, we can change the world…
UN Environment works with people around the globe to drive the changes that the planet needs. Together, we can build a healthier, more sustainable world for ourselves, our children and our grandchildren.
Did you know?
13 MILLION TONNES OF PLASTIC LEAK INTO THE OCEAN EACH YEAR.
WORLDWIDE ONE MILLION PLASTIC BAGS ARE CONSUMED EVERY MINUTE.
In 2002, Bangladesh the first country in the world to implement a ban on thin plastic bags, after it was found they played a key role in clogging drainage systems during disastrous flooding. Other countries begin to follow suit.
.In 2017, Kenya bans plastic bags; making it one the most recent of the more than two dozen countries that have sought to reduce plastic bag use through fees or bans.
Source: www.un.org / www.worldenvironmentday.global
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