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Plastics are the largest, most harmful and persistent fraction of marine litter,
accounting for at least 85 per cent of total marine waste.
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5th June

Thought of 

the day

“Environment is no one’s property to destroy; 

it’s everyone’s responsibility to protect.” 

Mohith Agadi 

"Solutions to plastic pollution

More than 400 million tonnes of plastic is produced every year worldwide, half of which is designed to be used only once. Of that, less than 10 per cent is recycled.

An estimated 19-23 million tonnes end up in lakes, rivers and seas annually. That is approximately the weight of 2,200 Eiffel Towers all together.

Microplastics – tiny plastic particles up to 5mm in diameter – find their way into food, water and air. It is estimated that each person on the planet consumes more than 50,000 plastic particles per year –and many more if inhalation is considered.

Discarded or burnt single-use plastic harms human health and biodiversity and pollutes every ecosystem from mountain tops to the ocean floor.

With available science and solutions to tackle the problem, governments, companies and other stakeholders must scale up and speed actions to solve this crisis.

This underscores the importance of this World Environment Day  in mobilizing transformative action from every corner of the world.

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Join the #BeatPlasticPollution (https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/) movement through the official website of World Environment Day 2023. You can access more interesting information, the actions you can carry out to contribute, as well as a large number of materials to promote the movement through social media. Every performance, no matter how small, matters. (...)"

in https://www.un.org/en/observances/environment-day