02/01/2019
2 January 2019 (UN Environment)* — While there is no silver-bullet solution to the toxic tide of plastic surging into our oceans, recycling must form part of the answer. The problem, many experts say, is that current processes are not fit for purpose.
The world produces around 300 million tonnes of plastic waste each year. To date, only 9 per cent of the plastic waste ever generated has been recycled, and only 14 per cent is collected for recycling now.
The reasons are complex. Not all plastic can be recycled and a lack of public awareness means plastic collections are often contaminated. This can increase the cost of recycling.
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02/01/2019
With extreme changes in temperature, the impact of climate change on our planet and on our lives can’t go unnoticed.
Climate change is putting the livelihoods of millions of farmers at risk. Without them, we wouldn’t have the food on our plates, they are our #ZeroHunger heroes and need our support. © Surasak Saenjai/Shutterstock | Photo from FAO.
2 Januray 2019 (FAO)* — World hunger is on the rise and the leading causes are: climate variability and extremes.
Unpredictable and harsh conditions are making it harder to produce the food we need for a growing population but we are still in time to act!
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02/01/2019
Another migrant caravan will leave Honduras while stranded Central American migrants in Tijuana face violence from U.S. officers.
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1 Januray 2019 (teleSUR)* — Reports of stranded migrants in the Mexico-United States border being fired with tear gas shells by United States border patrol surfaced Tuesday
[1 January 2019] as another migrant “caravan,” estimated at 15,000 people, is reportedly getting ready to leave Honduras on Jan. 15.
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