plastic pollution

Zareef Baloch  Gwadar: Another green sea turtle has been found dead along the Pasni coast, taking the number of turtle deaths in Gwadar district to six within the month of December, raising serious concerns among marine wildlife experts.…

Zareef Baloch  Pasni: A green turtle was found dead on the Golden Beach of Pasni, marking the third such incident along the coastal areas of Pasni during the month of December.  Marine life experts have described the situation as…

AFP/APP Geneva:Talks on forging a groundbreaking treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were floundering Saturday, with progress slow and countries wildly at odds on what the proposed agreement should cover. The…

Faisal Saleem Khanewal: Five-year-old Abdullah lives with his parents at a brick kiln located on the outskirts of Kabirwala city. His father, Muhammad Akmal, works as a laborer at the kiln. Akmal shares that although Abdullah was born…

News Desk  Islamabad: Speakers at an event on Tuesday highlighted the vital importance of implementing a unified global strategy to tackle the problem of plastic waste.  They stressed the significance of not only addressing the…

AFP/APP Ottawa: Negotiators from 175 nations began talks Tuesday on a proposed global treaty to reduce plastic pollution, which is found everywhere from mountain tops to ocean depths, and in human blood and breast milk.  "The world is…

News Desk Islamabad: A recent survey conducted by GSMA Intelligence with support from Huawei found that approximately 60 percent of respondents in Pakistan are willing to accept a lower salary to work for sustainability-focused…

News Desk Islamabad: A recent study by the Institute of Urbanism (IoU) has found that Islamabad generates over 1,000 metric tonnes of waste daily, a substantial portion of which is improperly disposed of through burning or open dumping…

News Desk United Nations: A new United Nations report calls for a global trade, investment, and innovation ‘Blue Deal’ to sustainably use the ocean, which is home to 80 percent of all life. The United Nations Conference on Trade and…

News Desk Paris: The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report lays out a three-pronged plan based on reuse, recycling and diversifying the materials used to help slash plastic pollution by 80 per cent by 2040 overall and cut…