June 5 is celebrated around the world as World Environment Day. This year marks the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day, which will focus on solutions to plastic pollution.
More than 400 million tonnes of plastic is produced every year, half of which is designed to be used only once. Of that, less than 10 per cent is recycled. An estimated 19-23 million tonnes end up in lakes, rivers and seas. Today, plastic clogs our landfills, leaches into the ocean and is combusted into toxic smoke, making it one of the gravest threats to the planet.
Unfortunately, tons of plastic floating in rivers in Bosnia and Herzegovina threaten the local ecosystem, flood protection infrastructure, and people’s health.
The EU adopted a European strategy for plastics in January 2018. It aims to protect our environment and reduce marine litter, greenhouse gas emissions and our dependence on imported fossil fuels. The plastics strategy also aims to transform the way plastic products are designed, produced, used and recycled in the EU.