The theme for 2018 is “Beat Plastic Pollution”. All of us can reduce plastic pollution by refusing single-use plastic bags. Carry a cloth tote bag with us at all times.

Some Plastic Pollution facts that might spur us into action:

• Every year the world uses 500 billion plastic bags
• Each year, at least 8 million tonnes of plastic end up in the oceans, the equivalent of a full garbage truck every minute.
• In the last decade, we produced more plastic than in the whole last century
• 50 percent of the plastic we use is single-use or disposable
• We buy 1 million plastic bottles every minute
• Plastic makes up 10% of all of the waste we generate

Source: http://worldenvironmentday.global/en/news/india-host-world-environment-day-2018