The World Tourism Network in partnership with SUNX Malta joined to remind the global travel and tourism industry about Plastic. The theme for World Environment Day in 2023 is “Beat Plastic Pollution,” ...
The world generates approximately 2.01 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste annually, with at least 33 per cent of that not managed in an environmentally safe manner and this is projected to ...
I was a junior in high school when the first World Environment Day (WED) was celebrated in 1972. Marked annually on June 5, it was established by the United Nations General Assembly and over the past ...
World Environment Day 2025 will be observed on June 5, with the Republic of Korea as the global host. Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), this year’s campaign focuses on tackling ...
This Thursday marks World Environment Day, an annual awareness day born out of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It’s the largest global platform for environmental outreach, and this ...
The Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) has called on the Federal Government to implement policy interventions aimed at curbing plastic pollution in the country. This call was made as Nigeria ...
Nigerian Institute of Environmental Engineers (NIEE) has warned that Nigeria is drowning in plastic pollution and urged a science-driven national strategy to address the crisis. Speaking during a news ...
It takes 200 years for polyester clothing to break down meaning that every piece of polyester clothing ever made still exists today. Even for the most conscious consumers, it can be a challenge to ...
Plastic pollution does more than litter landscapes and oceans. According to a new perspective article published in ...
Britta Denise Hardesty receives funding from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and from The United Nations Environment Programme and in the past has received philanthropic funding ...
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 11 million tonnes end ...