India is full of amazing animals and forests—but plastic is spoiling the party! According to Down to Earth, published by Centre for Science and Environment, we dump 9.3 million tonnes of plastic every year—more than any other country! This amounts to roughly onefifth of global plastic emissions. This badly pollutes the air we breathe as most of the plastic garbage is burnt. Our growing love for single-use stuff is making things worse. Can we stop the plastic monster before it grows bigger?

Explore how plastic, oil, chemicals, and even noise are choking marine life—and what we can do to help.

Plastic pollution creates an evolutionary trap for young sea turtles, says a new study. The study is done by researchers from the University of Exeter, UK. The study included 121 sea turtles from five of the world’s seven species: green, loggerhead, hawksbill, olive ridley, and flatback. They found plastic inside juvenile turtles along both the east and west coasts of Australia. Sea turtles usually hatch on beaches and spent their early years traveling on ocean currents...

A resolution by Leaders to save humanity from drowning in ‘Plastic’. ******************************************* On March 2, 2022, representatives from over 200 countries gathered in Nairobi, Kenya for the continued fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly. The assembly then created history when 175 countries unanimously agreed on a United Nations framework to fight global plastic pollution from cradle to grave...