All posts tagged "marine litter"
News4 years agoRemnants Of Plastic Litter Found In The Bottom Of Mariana Trench
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) noted that even at several kilometres below the sea level, organisms were commonly found to have incorporated plastics...
- News4 years ago
European Union Intensifies The Fight Against Plastic Pollution, Bans Ten Most Common Single-Use Plastic Products
The single-use plastic ban is part of the comprehensive ‘Single-Use Plastics Directive’, aimed at reducing ocean pollution
- News5 years ago
For This Teenager, Pollution Makes Her Heart Throb
“Plant that one tree, pick up that one plastic bottle, the little things matter,” said 17-year-old Charlotte Wanja in an emotional speech to delegates from 170...
- News5 years ago
#BeatPlasticPollution: India Paves The Way To Combat Marine Pollution With Latest Partnerships
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has announced two major collaborations with developed countries like Norway and Germany to help combat marine pollution
- News5 years ago
Plastic Pollution: Project To Clean Up Great Pacific Garbage Patch Gets Underway
A 2,000-foot-long floating barrier will be deployed in the ocean to corral the plastic floating on the surface ensuring that the fish and other ocean life...
- News5 years ago
National Marine Litter Policy: Government Begins Work On An Action Plan To Check Plastic Waste Flowing Into Oceans
To stop plastic waste from entering the ocean, the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences will assess the extent and source of marine litter along India's coastline
- News6 years ago
At World Sustainable Development Summit, Norway Urges World To Work Together To Protect Oceans
Norwegian ambassador Nils Ragnar Kamsvag said that his country was working to ensure that oceans were used in a sustainable manner
- News6 years ago
Four More Nations Join United Nations’ Clean Seas Campaign
Some Indian states are showing progress when it comes to clean seas, said a UN representative
- News6 years ago
Versova Clean-up To Resume Soon, Says Afroz Shah After Municipal Corporation Clears Out Garbage Pile Up
Alleging that goons were abusing and heckling the volunteers and the BMC was not picking up the garbage collected at the site, last week Afroz shah...
- News6 years ago
As The Crisis Of Marine Litter Keeps Rising, G20 Countries Come Together To Announce New Action Plan
With more than 150 million tonnes of plastic debris in oceans, marine litter has become a serious issue of concern which requires global attention and action
- Waste Management7 years ago
UN Environment Launches An Attack On Marine Litter
With 51 trillion microplastic particles littering the marine life across the world, United Nations has started the #CleanSeas campaign urging governments of several countries to reduce...
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