Millions like you mobilized to #BeatPlasticPollution!

 From: World Environment Day <worldenvironmentday@un.org>

Date: Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 4:03 PM
Subject: Millions like you mobilized to #BeatPlasticPollution!
To: <amarnathgiri@nfcl.in>

Thank you for making World Environment Day 2023 such a success! Millions of people from around the world came together to emphasize solutions that can halt and reverse plastic pollution. These were highlighted across thousands of events, exhibitions, webinars and workshops. World Environment Day 2023 in numbers:     1 #WorldEnvironmentDay was the top trending hashtag on Twitter on 5 June. 200 million: number of times UNEP World Environment Day content was seen across social media platforms in more than eight languages, with special posts from Jason Momoa, Antonio Banderas, Karry Wang, Ellie Goulding, and UN Secretary General António Guterres. 53,546: amount of times World Environment Day was mentioned across 8,348 media outlets in 167 countries and 54 languages. 2.2 million: total views of UNEP’s World Environment Day videos on YouTube. 63,000: total downloads of the Beat Plastic Pollution Practical Guide.         Find out more “WE HAVE A CHOICE; WE CAN USE OUR VOICE” “This year, we are going to beat plastic pollution because millions of people are demanding change,” said Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director. “We have a choice; we can use our voice and we want to see justice.” Watch the full wrap up CÔTE D'IVOIRE WORKS FOR SOLUTIONS This year the official host was Côte d'Ivoire, a country working to overcome the threat of plastic pollution. Find out more Over 60,000 people used the Practical Guide! The Beat Plastic Pollution Practical Guide provides tips on actions we can all take to halt and reverse the damage being caused by plastic pollution. Over 63,000 people have already downloaded it. USE AND SHARE IT! Related stories: Meet the UNEP Young Champion pioneering a new life for plastic waste  Transforming difficult-to-recycle consumer plastic waste into high-quality performance materials. READ MORE Fishing nets: the double-edged plastic swords in our ocean How fishers in Greece stopped littering the Mediterranean Sea and now recover marine plastic with their nets.   READ MORE FORWARD THIS NEWSLETTER TO A FRIEND You are receiving this email because you have subscribed to receive updates from the United Nations Environment Programme. Should you wish to cancel your subscription, please click here to unsubscribe. © UNEP