{"id":5994,"date":"2018-06-05T10:11:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T10:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plantheunplanned.com\/?p=5994"},"modified":"2020-06-16T11:38:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T11:38:55","slug":"world-environment-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantheunplanned.com\/blog\/world-environment-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Environment Day! Let’s Make This World A Better Place To Live"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s not just a matter of a day, but a responsibility of all human beings to be carried throughout the entire year. This world, where we live, is our home and it is our duty to take care and make it worth living for everyone.<\/p>\n

The UN General Assembly in 1972, decided that a step should be taken in order to maintain a balance between the environment and the human interference. Two years later<\/span><\/span>, in 1974, the World Environment Day was celebrated for the first time on June 5 and since then, every year, all the countries around the world celebrate this day with an aim of environmental betterment. It’s an act to combat the ever-rising problems of global warming, deforestation, wildlife habitation crisis as well as increasing pollution.<\/p>\n

There’s a different theme every year, and this year’s theme is – \u201cBeat Plastic Pollution\u201d. The day itself is all about raising awareness among people about nature and the importance of protecting it. While the issues of environmental degradation affect everyone, not all are aware enough to step ahead and do something worthy.<\/p>\n

As the World Environment Day official website<\/a> explains: \u201cWhile plastic has many valuable uses, we have become over-reliant single-use or disposable plastic \u2013 with severe environmental consequences. Around the world, 1 million plastic drinking bottles are purchased every minute. Every year we use up to 5 trillion disposable plastic bags. In total, 50 per cent of the plastic we use is single use.<\/p>\n

Nearly one-third of the plastic packaging we use escapes collection systems, which means that it ends up clogging our city streets and polluting our natural environment. Every year, up to 13 million tons of plastic leak into our oceans, where it smothers coral reefs and threatens vulnerable marine wildlife. The plastic that ends up in the oceans can circle the Earth four times in a single year, and it can persist for up to 1,000 years before it fully disintegrates.\u201d<\/p>\n

The best part is that India is the host country this time. But how aware are we, the Indians? Are we really doing our part to beat plastic pollution?<\/p>\n

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