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Celebration of World Environment Day, 2023

Date : 23 Jun 2023

The department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, has arranged a decorative rally in accordance with “World Environment Day”. The head of the department, other respective teachers, and the students were present at the rally. The theme of this year’s World Environment Day is "Say no to plastic pollution" and the objective of the rally is to promote and celebrate the conservation of our environment. More than 400 million tonnes of plastic is produced every year worldwide, half of which is designed to be used only once. Of that, less than 10 per cent is recycled. Plastic is predominantly produced from oil and gas, both of which are fossil fuels. The more plastic we make, the more fossil fuel is required, the more we intensify the climate crisis. Also, plastic products create greenhouse gas emissions across their whole lifecycle. If no action is taken, greenhouse gas emissions caused by plastic could account for 19% of the Paris Agreement's total allowable emissions in 2040 to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Source:

https://www.un.org/en/observances/environment-day