Uganda: Banking On a Plastic-Free Future Through Collective Action

Uganda: Banking On a Plastic-Free Future Through Collective Action

[Independent (Kampala)] This year's theme for World Environment Day 2025 - "Beat Plastic Pollution" is a call for collective action to tackle plastic pollution. It is a rallying cry for individuals, organizations, industries, and governments to make decisive, sustainable choices that reverse the damage caused by plastic overuse.

Pick n Pay celebrates major environmental milestone

To mark World Environment Day 2025 on Thursday, 5 June and this year’s theme of ‘Ending Plastic Pollution’, Pick n Pay is celebrating a major environmental milestone. Its Reverse Vending Machines (RVM) customer recycling initiative has diverted over 1.1 million plastic and packaging recyclable items from landfill. The milestone marks a significant win in Pick n Pay’s long-term commitment to supporting circular economies and empowering everyday s…

Surging plastic pollution poses environmental crisis

World Environment Day is observed globally on June 5, with this year's theme, "Beat Plastic Pollution," drawing attention to the growing crisis of plastic waste. Environmental experts have warned that without immediate intervention, the consequences of unchecked pollution could be catastrophic for both human health and the ecosystem. While speaking to The Express Tribune, Dr Amir Alamgir, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at the Unive…

Emmanuel Otuko: Banking on a plastic-free future through collective action

This year’s theme for World Environment Day 2025 – “Beat Plastic Pollution” is a call for collective action to tackle plastic pollution. It is a rallying cry for individuals, organisations, industries, and governments to make decisive, sustainable choices that reverse the damage caused by plastic overuse. Governments all over the world, with no exception of Uganda, are taking steps to integrate circular economy approaches to reduce plastic waste…

World Environment Day 2025: Let’s Pledge to Eliminate the Poison of Plastic

Lagatar24 Desk Every year, June 5 is celebrated as World Environment Day — not just as a symbolic occasion, but as a global call to action to protect our planet. This year’s theme is “Beat Plastic Pollution”, highlighting one of the most urgent environmental crises we face today. A Global Movement Since 1973 Since its inception in 1973, World Environment Day has grown into the largest global platform for environmental outreach, engaging millions…

Choking on plastic: Pollution threatens water, health in Juba - Radio Tamazuj

Plastic is everywhere — in the streets, clogging drains, floating in the Nile, and now, many fear, in food and water. As South Sudan marks World Environment Day under the theme “Beat Plastic Pollution,” the scale of the country’s plastic waste crisis has become impossible to ignore. World Environment Day is celebrated annually on 5 June and encourages awareness and action for the protection of the environment. In the crowded Juba suburb of Gudel…