Tag: End Plastic Pollution 2018

• Tuesday, August 7th 2018 - 10:43 UTC

  Chile legally bans the widespread commercial use of plastic bags

  

  Chile has become the first South American country to legally ban the widespread commercial use of plastic bags. The new legislation approved by Congress and enacted by President Sebastián Piñera, gives small shops two years to adapt to a total ban.

• Wednesday, June 6th 2018 - 07:32 UTC

  UN is asking you, companies and civil society groups to help to clean up our environment

  

  Humans are both creatures and molders of their environment, which gives them physical sustenance and affords them the opportunity for intellectual, moral, social and spiritual growth.

• Wednesday, June 6th 2018 - 07:26 UTC

  World Environment Day: Beat Plastic Pollution

  

  United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres message on World Environment Day:”A healthy planet is essential for a prosperous and peaceful future. We all have a role to play in protecting our only home, but it can be difficult to know what to do or where to start. That’s why this World Environment Day has just one request: beat plastic pollution.

• Saturday, April 21st 2018 - 06:57 UTC

  What is Earth Day, and what is it meant to accomplish?

  

  A message from Earth Network president, Kathleen Rogers - Close to 48 years ago, on 22 April 1970, millions of people took to the streets to protest the negative impacts of 150 years of industrial development.