United Nations On Plastic Pollution

The United States will phase out single-use plastics in national parks and other public lands over the next decade, President Joe Biden's administration announced Wednesday as part of actions on World Oceans Day.

The United Nations is to launch formal negotiations on Wednesday for a global treaty to address a plastic trash "epidemic" that supporters say is a historic moment for the planet.

Plastic waste and toxic chemicals found in remote parts of the Antarctic this year add to evidence that pollution is spreading to the ends of the Earth, environmental group Greenpeace said on Thursday.

The World Environment Day is the most important day of the United Nations and observed on the 5th of June each year. Environmental factors like air pollution, noise, contaminated water and heat affect our overall health.

World Environment Day is the United Nations' (UN) most important day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment. Since it began in 1974, it has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated in over 100 countries. World Environment Day is the "people's day" for doing somethi...

India has set an example on the world stage by committing to beat plastic pollution and showcased best practices and innovations to overcome the challenge, a senior United Nations official said Saturday.

A new report released at the inaugural session of the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi has put a price on plastic marine pollution at $13 billion every year, and that's an under estimation. Annually, an estimated 10 to 20 million tonnes of plastics end up in the world's oceans and 80 per cent of the marine litter comes from land-based...

The United States will phase out single-use plastics in national parks and other public lands over the next decade, President Joe Biden's administration announced Wednesday as part of actions on World Oceans Day.

The United Nations is to launch formal negotiations on Wednesday for a global treaty to address a plastic trash "epidemic" that supporters say is a historic moment for the planet.

Plastic waste and toxic chemicals found in remote parts of the Antarctic this year add to evidence that pollution is spreading to the ends of the Earth, environmental group Greenpeace said on Thursday.

The World Environment Day is the most important day of the United Nations and observed on the 5th of June each year. Environmental factors like air pollution, noise, contaminated water and heat affect our overall health.

World Environment Day is the United Nations' (UN) most important day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment. Since it began in 1974, it has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated in over 100 countries. World Environment Day is the "people's day" for doing somethi...

India has set an example on the world stage by committing to beat plastic pollution and showcased best practices and innovations to overcome the challenge, a senior United Nations official said Saturday.

A new report released at the inaugural session of the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi has put a price on plastic marine pollution at $13 billion every year, and that's an under estimation. Annually, an estimated 10 to 20 million tonnes of plastics end up in the world's oceans and 80 per cent of the marine litter comes from land-based...