Clean Seas

Beating plastic pollution is one of the signature environmental challenges of our time

Clean Seas

Two large, square metal dumpsters with trash in them. One is full, the other much less so. On the front of each dumpster are stickers arranged in a smiley-face shape.

13 Tips on Sorting Waste

By Mariana Della Barba New York, United States

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A selfie taken by a thin white woman with nearly shoulder-length brown hair. She is in the center of the photo, wearing a short-sleeved, shiny blue shirt, her hair held back by her sunglasses. Just behind her, to her left, is a white boy with short brown hair, wearing a gray camouflage t-shirt. Also behind her, but to her right, is another boy with white skin and short brown hair, this one younger than the first. The woman is smiling at the camera. In the background are trees. The leaf canopy of one of the trees partially conceals the blue sky.

Fernanda Guedes Rei: reinventing a lifestyle

By Inez de Oliveira Jacareí, Brazil

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A portrait, from the chest up, of a slender boy with white skin and short brown hair. He is smiling at the camera, and wearing a Corinthians (famous Brazilian soccer club) jersey.

Emanuel Burger: growing up without plastic

By Inez de Oliveira State of São Paulo, Brazil

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the photo shows a beach covered with a variety of plastic waste. In the back are three people wearing heavy coats with the ground covered with snow.

How to reduce plastic consumption

By Mariana Della Barba New York, United States

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A thin man with white skin, short gay hair and beard, wearing all black (polo shirt, shorts and sneaker) is standing facing the left side of the photo and looking at the camera. The ground around him is covered in plastic waste, ending in the sea behind him. At the top of the picture, above the landscape, is a bright blue sky.

David Katz: monetizing waste to end plastic pollution

By UN Environment New York, United States

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An old white lady with white hair is sitting inside a luxury car, facing the camera. She is wearing a light blue outfit with long sleeves, and a hat of the same color. Next to her in the car is a guard, wearing a uniform consisting of a red coat with golden collar and several colorful badges, and a tall hat made of black fur and tied to his face with a golden chin strap. Behind both of them is a white man wearing a red coat with golden buttons over a white shirt. He is wearing a black top hat with a golden bow around the bottom. The car they are in is black with an open top and no windows, and is facing the left side of the photo.

5 ways the United Kingdom is leading the fight against plastic pollution

By UN Environment United Kingdom

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A rocky shore is littered with a variety of waste, among them tires, colored plastic balls, metal barrels and pieces of wood. In the back is a thin strip of dark sand, the sea, and a gray sky.

How 4 Asia-Pacific entrepreneurs are cashing in by going plastic-free

By UN Environment Bangkok, Thailand

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A skinny young man with black skin and short black hair is looking at the camera while resting his left arm on a brown railing, behind which is a large pit in the middle of an area with tall green grass. The pit is full of empty plastic bottles and containers. The man is wearing brown sneakers, dark blue jeans and a black t-shirt. In the back is a sunny blue sky.

James Wakibia: The campaigner behind Kenya’s plastic bag ban

By UN Environment Nakuru, Kenya

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Ten american football players, wearing uniform consisting of tights, short sleeve shirts and helmets, are lined up for a play inside a sports stadium. The field is covered in low green grass. The uniform of the players with their backs to the camera is made of dark blue pants and white shirts, while the other team's is white pants and green shirts. All of their helmets are white. In the back right corner, cheerleaders in white are gathered. Further back are the stands filled with people. The area is sunny.

10 ways the world of sport is tackling plastic pollution

By UN Environment New York, United States

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A dark skinned woman with dark eyes and straight black hair is wearing a thin sand colored veil over her head and shoulders and a long skirt made of the same fabric. She is also wearing a dark green shirt with a red and gold stripe at the end of the sleeves and thin golden bracelets. The woman is sitting in the driver’s seat of a red truck, holding onto the wheel facing the left of the photo, while looking expressively at the camera. The truck’s left door, closest do the camera, is open. In the background is the truck’s right door, closed.

Empowering waste workers for a cleaner, safer city

By UN Environment Pune, India

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A dark-skinned young woman with straight dark long hair tied in a bun walks towards the camera carrying a large plastic bag in each hand, walking in a street littered with waste. The bags are clear and contain empty plastic bottles. The woman is wearing black sandals, dark blue pants, and a white t-shirt with colorful print. She is also wearing a white mask that covers her nose and mouth. In the background are other people scattered around, out of focus.

Picking up litter: Pointless exercise or powerful tool in the battle against plastic pollution?

By UN Environment United Kingdom

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The silhouetted shape of a mountain range occupies the lower half of the photo in dark gray tones. Above the mountains, a dark orange sky at sunset occupies the upper half of the photo.

This Indian birdwatching paradise is ditching plastic

By UN Environment Pangoot, India

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Picture of a man holding a big black trash bag, looking at the camera and smiling

Leandro Abrantes: A Recycling Revolution in the Slums

By Marina Lang Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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The photo shows the face of a woman with bronze skin, straight black hair down to her shoulders and dark brown eyes. She is wearing a light brown vest over a white shirt and has a red necklace. The woman is facing the camera but is looking off to the right of the photo. She has a wide open smile, exposing her upper teeth.

Albina Ruiz: Promoting social inclusion through recycling

By Elisa Menezes Lima Region, Peru

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The photo shows round tables and shelves arranged on a tiled, gray colored floor. The furniture is made of light-colored wood and is displaying kitchen products and foods stored in clear jars with white and orange tops. There are small vases with bright pink flowers around the place. On the ceiling, tubular glass lamps are connected to each other by orange wires. The walls are sand colored, with the exception of one in the back, in the left corner of the photo, that has a blueish-gray tone.

The Sustainable Market: How zero-waste shops work

By Juliana Guarany Berlin, Germany

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