plastic pollution

Latin American countries adopt project against plastic pollution

Published on: August 16, 2023
15:29

Geneva, Aug 16 (Prensa Latina) Colombia, Jamaica and Panama launched a million project to jointly combat plastic pollution by integrating circularity in cities, a specialized United Nations source announced today.

CARICOM urges to crack down on plastic waste pollution

Published on: June 5, 2023
17:44

Georgetown, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Monday welcomed the World Environment Day with its commitment to exercise sustainable management and promote eco-friendly production patterns to deal with plastic waste pollution issue.

World Environment Day calls to end plastic pollution

Published on: June 5, 2023
09:39

Geneva, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) World Environment Day is celebrated on Monday with a call to end plastic pollution, a process carried out by humans who by this means threatens nature and its existence.

Cuba calls for support to South against plastic pollution

Published on: June 1, 2023
09:34

Paris, Jun 1 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Thursday advocated in this capital for supporting developing countries in fighting plastic pollution, during the ongoing second session of negotiations on an international instrument against this phenomenon.

Unprecedented increase in ocean plastic since 2005 – PLOS ONE

Published on: March 9, 2023
17:09

Washington, Mar 9 (Prensa Latina) A global database of ocean plastic pollution between 1979 and 2019 revealed a rapid and unprecedented increase in ocean plastics since 2005, the journal PLOS ONE published today, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Marcus Eriksen from The 5 Gyres Institute, USA, and colleagues.

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