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Bangkok, 30 May 2018 – Trash meets art, as artists across Asia Pacific make a bold statement to the world this week to #BeatPlasticPollution. Twelve large-scale art installations created from plastic waste will be…
On the shores of the majestic Lake Atitlán in the highlands of southwestern Guatemala, the small village of San Pedro La Laguna has quietly become a national leader on one of the world’s most pressing environmental…
People around the world are taking notice of plastic pollution. And more and more, they’re pledging to do something about it. Around the world, one million plastic drinking bottles are purchased every minute,…
The city of Goma, which lies along the eastern edge of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has for decades been a hub of humanitarian operations in response to conflicts and natural disasters in the region, including…
Welcome to the World Environment Day liveblog, where we will be covering events around the globe...
6,000 people flocked to Versova beach for one of the largest ever beach clean-ups in India More than 200,000 kgs of trash was collected from the beach. Estimates are that 13 million tonnes of plastics get dumped…
By Erik Solheim, Head of UN Environment When swathes of plastic debris washed up on Versova beach, 33-year-old Mumbai high court lawyer Afroz Shah didn’t just complain. He did something about it. Since October 2015…
A new international workout trend has made it possible to get in shape and care for the environment at the same time. Groups of people around the world are picking up trash while out running, an activity known as…
While plastic has many valuable uses, we have become addicted to single-use or disposable plastic — with severe environmental consequences. Around the world, one million plastic drinking bottles are purchased…
The small village of Pangot in Uttarakhand, a bird-watching paradise, is ditching plastic. Read the full story.
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