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World Environment Day 2018: How is India celebrating it TODAY?

Jun 5, 2018, 06:44 am IST
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World Environment Day 2018: how is India helping?

TODAY, the 5th of June 2018 is World Environment Day. And how is India celebrating this day today?

India will be hosting the World Environment Day this year, which is one of the most important days observed by the UN worldwide. A platform for encouraging awareness and propagating the need for protecting the environment, this day will be celebrated on June 5.

Ever since its conception in 1974, World Environment Day has had a special theme relating to the pressing environmental concern at the time. The theme for the year 2018 is

“Beat Plastic Pollution”

Plastic has been one of the major environmental concerns this year. Plastic is polluting our water bodies and endangering our lives and that of the animal spices. Although most of us depend on plastic for our daily life, at least 1/3rd of the population do not dispose off of the plastic properly or only use it one time and end up clogging up the environment.

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With plastic making up 10% of the total waste generated, half of it used is disposable or single-use. This presents a major problem as it is non-renewable and its manufacture and destruction exposes individuals and environment to many toxins, including carcinogens.

Plastic can persist in the environment for nearly a thousand years before it fully disintegrates and keeping this in mind, many organizations and governments are always on the lookout for alternatives to tackle this menace.

Through this day, UN is making an effort to urge governments, industries, communities and people to unite in the fight against plastic and explore alternatives that are sustainable.

World Environment Day is a call for awakening of individuals to take charge of protecting their environment and to realize the severity of plastic usage in daily life.

So, how is India helping clean up the environment? SEE HERE

Officials from CRPF and ITBP are running to beat plastic pollution

SBI joins the ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ movement

A team of CISF personnel carried out cleanliness drive in Odisha

Join the movement in Bandra, Mumbai

Choose cloth bags over plastic

Will you plant a few saplings this environment day?

Making small changes can go a long way

Efforts are already underway to clean the Yamuna behind the Taj Mahal

Gujarat is going to launch ‘Plastic-waste free Gujarat’ drive on June 5

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