This is one reason Earth Day‘s annual mission is focused on Planet vs. Plastic, which takes place on April 22nd. Microplastics, less than 0.5 millimeters in diameter, and airborne nanoplastics ...

UNEP executive director Inger Andersen said the agreement “marks a triumph by planet earth over single-use ... so they may live with plastic and not be doomed by it.” added Andersen.

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

This story is part of Planet or Plastic ... No one knows how much unrecycled plastic waste ends up in the ocean, Earth’s last sink. In 2015, Jenna Jambeck, a University of Georgia engineering ...

The history of planet Earth is long: about 4.5 billion years ... Industrialised and post-industrial societies have produced proportionally more emissions and use more resources than developing ...

Plastic waste is everywhere you look, and there’s seemingly no end in sight for both the demand and production of plastic goods. So isn’t it time to try putting all that waste from the plastic ...

More than 9.1 billion tonnes (8.3 metric tonnes) of it have been produced on Earth, with most ... (6.3 metric tonnes) of plastic waste was generated on our planet. A total of 79 per cent of ...

The last few weeks of 2024 were a disappointment for those who strongly believed that planet Earth is in need of bold actions.