{"id":9649,"date":"2024-04-22T17:03:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T16:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science-nutrition.com\/?p=9649"},"modified":"2024-04-23T17:00:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T16:00:28","slug":"world-earth-day-2024-planet-vs-plastics-23-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science-nutrition.com\/en\/2024\/04\/22\/world-earth-day-2024-planet-vs-plastics-23-april\/","title":{"rendered":"World Earth Day 2024 “Planet vs Plastics”: 22 April"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 54th World Earth Day 2024, celebrated this Monday 22 April, is under the slogan “Planet vs. Plastics”. Earth Day was born in the United States in 1970 as a result of social, activist and student movements. This event recalls the call of hundreds of thousands of people to consolidate a global alliance to act, innovate and implement measures to protect the environment among all: companies, governments and citizens.
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This Monday 22 April 2024 marks the 54rd edition of the Earth Day, a day to highlight the importance of our planet and the conservation of its ecosystems on all continents and oceans. This celebration mobilises a billion people every year and is backed by a huge international environmental and social movement. The Earth Day Network recalls that currently 380 million tonnes of plastic are produced annually, while only 9% of the plastic produced so far has been recycled. Under the slogan “Planet vs. Plastics”<\/strong>, the organisation calls for a 60 % reduction in the use of this material by 2040<\/strong> to help combat climate change.<\/p>\n

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To minimise the polluting impact of plastics, the Earth Day Network encourages:<\/p>\n