Monday numbers: Earth Day 2024 and the environmental challenges posed by plastics

22 April 2024

In this NC Newsline article by Rob Schofield, the author states that as the 55th Earth Day is commemorated worldwide today, the present generation has its work cut out for it. Reason for this is that environmental degradation is, tragically, a vastly more serious threat than it was in 1970. One especially urgent issue that is given attention this year is the plague of plastics, and the global goal to reduce global plastic production by 60% by the year 2040 (“60X40 movement”).

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