The environment begins with us. This ‘us’ covers almost every living being in the ecosystem.
But are these species safe in this ecosystem, which is already heavily contaminated due to plastic pollution?
Not at all!
That’s because environmental health has deteriorated adversely as we frequently overlook our collectivized eco-conscious efforts. The theme of World Environment Day 2025 highlights every effort that encourages global accountability to reduce pollution from this planet.
Before understanding the sustainability initiatives to protect Earth, let’s understand the logic behind World Environment Day celebration!
So, what exactly is World Environment Day?
According to WHO (World Health Organization) research, environmental pollution claims 7 million lives annually. Around 2.4 billion people in cities and rural areas are exposed to poor AQI (Air Quality Index) by inhaling polluted air, causing strokes, heart diseases, and chronic respiratory disease.
Celebrated on June 5th every year, World Environment Day addresses the environmental challenges to combat them with sustainable and eco-friendly remedies.
What’s The Theme of World Environment Day 2025?
The theme of World Environment Day 2025 is to ‘eliminate or beat plastic pollution’ from this planet.
Plastics, the most vulnerable culprits of our ecosystem, have contaminated our ecosystem extremely. According to the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), huge amounts of carcinogenic chemicals contaminate plastic products adversely. Although global EPR regulations have de-escalated plastic contamination significantly till now, this World Environment Day pledges to take the upper hand on global plastic pollution firmly.
Which Country is Hosting World Environment Day 2025?
Like every year, this year also a specific nation has been selected as the World Environment Day 2025 hosting country, which is The Republic of Korea.
The World Environment Day in 2025 addresses plastic pollution by wiping it off from core with some of these eco-friendly remedies shared below-
- Raise awareness to reduce unplanned disposal of plastics in freshwater bodies
- Protect marine and ocean lives from plastic contamination
- Reduce the circulation of suspected carcinogenic, and microplastics from oceans and seas
- Banning single-use plastics from the ecosystem
- Enforce strict global EPR for plastic regulations to ban plastic carry bags with thickness lower than 120 microns from this planet
Apart from these initiatives can be taken at global level to beat plastic pollution from this Planet. Such instances will increase the awareness on using recyclable or reusable plastic alternatives on this planet.
Can we take the Global Initiative to Beat Plastic Pollution?
Of course we can! In fact, the participating countries addressing Plastic contamination can organize local events to organize awareness campaigns on Plastic Pollution. That’s not all!
As eco-conscious individuals we can also take some of these agendas shared below as well,
- Refuse single-use plastics and encourage reuse and recycle recyclable plastics
- Align with South Koreas’ plastic waste tackling policies as a participating country to beat plastic pollution. The country has implemented innovative plastic-tackling policies in Jeju province of the Korean Republic. It is a scenic island known for its sustainable living models that aim to be plastic-free by 2040
- Follow the footprints of UNEP NATCOM Korea to impose UN’s ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ policies and guidelines to keep the ecosystem free from plastic contamination
- The Indian Railways at Bhopal has launched an environmental campaign from May 2022 to June 5th focusing on tree planting, and water conservation to reduce plastic waste contamination
- Eco-conscious NGOs and businesses can kick-start various community clean-up programs or webinars to offset carbon footprints via verified programs
So yes, it’s possible to celebrate plastic-free World Environment Day this year, only if we take a collectivized pledge to protect Mother Earth from plastic contamination in 2025.
Conclusion
The world has already started addressing plastic pollution as a pivotal challenge to protect the ecosystem. It’s high time for all of us to align with the sustainability agendas shared by the Geneva Environment Network guidelines to eliminate global plastic pollution.
