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UN Calls for Action to End Food Waste Culture

October 4, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) calls to stop food waste culture for more decisive action to end the culture of throwing out food uneaten. According to UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2021, about one billion tons of food each …

Tunesia Environmental Activists Protest Waste Import From Italy

April 2, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

Tunisian activists held a protest in the port city of Sousse last Sunday to demand the return of nearly 300 containers of household waste illegally shipped from Italy. The activists carried garbage bags loaded with bouquets of flowers and chanted …

COVID-19 PPE Litter Kills Animals, Report Finds

March 30, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) largely used amid the pandemic has resulted in a new wave of litter, killing animals including birds, fishes, and dogs, a recent report has found. Published in the journal Animal Biology last March 22, the study …

Amazon Generated 211 Million Kilograms of Plastic Waste in 2019, Report Says

December 16, 2020 by Fourth Estate Wire

E-commerce company Amazon generated an estimated 211 million kilograms of plastic packaging waste in 2019, with 10.8 million kilograms of the waste ending up in freshwater and marine ecosystems, a new report claimed.