World Environment Day - Solutions for Plastic Pollution
Guest blog By Lara Van Lith and Akilah Davitt Originally published here by IPS News It’s time to get together and celebrate the environment! June 5th is the 50th World Environment Day, where each year, the significance of transformative action from across the world is crucial to help people and the planet. This year’s World Environment Day is being hosted by Cรดte d'Ivoire in partnership with the Netherlands with a theme of ‘ Finding Solutions for Plastic Pollution . We as youth activists and part of the Arizona State University Sustain Earth project see plastic pollution everywhere, but just how big is this problem? To put it in perspective, more than 400 million tons of plastic are manufactured annually, with over half of it designed for single-use purposes. Shockingly, less than 10% of this plastic is recycled, which creates a colossal issue for our environment and human health. Every year, an estimated 19-23 million tons of plastic make its way into lakes, rivers, and...