Plastic waste has doubled since 2000: what this means in the hurricane season. By Patrice Quesada. Coordinator, IOM Caribbean – On 1 June, the Atlantic Hurricane Season was officially opened. Four days later, on 5 June, we recognized World Environment Day under the theme #BeatPlasticPollution. What is the connection between plastic pollution, hurricanes, and migration? […]
Tuesday, January 17, 2022 — The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), with funding from the European Union, through the Agence Française de Développement, has embarked on a new initiative, the Recycle OECS Project, which will focus on the development and implementation of a recyclable plastic waste collection and treatment programme in the OECS. The overall […]
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2019, the central theme of which is air pollution, the United Nations organization calls on Latin American and Caribbean States to advance on coordinated action at a local, national, regional and international level to address this problem. (June 4, 2019) The serious episodes of atmospheric pollution that Latin America […]
‘If it can’t be reused, refuse!’ This was one of the slogans posted on the Internet leading up to World Environment (June 5) and World Ocean Day (June 8), as environmentalists and conservationists sought to continue educating persons about the importance of taking care of the environment. In Grenada, different groups including the Grenada Fund […]
