Current Affairs - Important Days - Discussion

World Environment Day is organized around a theme that focuses attention on a particularly pressing environmental concern. The theme for 2018, "Beat Plastic Pollution," to combat one of the great environmental challenges of our time. The theme makes changes in our everyday lives to reduce the heavy burden of plastic pollution on our natural places, our wildlife, and our own health. While plastic has many valuable uses, we have become over-reliant on single-use or disposable plastic with severe environmental consequences. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development states our resolve "to ensure the lasting protection of the planet and its natural resources".