Oceana has today released a report[1] – based on an analysis of e-commerce packaging data – that found Amazon generated 465 million pounds of plastic packaging waste last year. This is comprised of the air pillows, bubble wrap, and other plastic packaging items added to the approximately 7 billion Amazon packages delivered in 2019, according to news accounts.[1] The report...
Air pollution causes nearly 5,000 premature deaths in group of cities. On average, people living in the Western Balkan cities studied lose up to 1.3 years of life to air pollution. The main sources of particulate matter emissions are thermal power plants that use lignite coal and household heating. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 4 June 2019 – Air pollution is...
Nairobi, 7 September 2020 – With extreme air pollution events on the rise, global efforts to reduce pollution and its effects will receive an advocacy boost when, for the first time ever, the world marks the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies on 7 September. Adopted by a UN General Assembly Resolution in 2019, the International Day of...
