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World Environment Day 2021

  2021 World Environment Day  theme  - Ecosystem Restoration  "aims to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems on every continent and in every ocean"   UNEP Once You Need Less, You have More Millions of animals are killed by plastics every year, from birds to fish to other marine organisms.  Plastics  can take anywhere from 20 to 500 years to  decompose , depending on the material and structure. Normally,  plastic  items take up to 1000 years to  decompose in landfills . But  plastic  bags we use in our everyday life take 10-20 years to  decompose , while  plastic  bottles take 450 years. Say no to single-use plastic.  Plastic pollutes land, water, and air.  It's Not What You Look at That Matters, It's What You See The journey of tissues paper starts with cutting down trees Papermaking has an impact on the environment because it destroys   trees  in the process. According to data from the Global Forest Resource Assessment roughly 80,000 to 160,000  tre