World Environment Day celebrated in Shristinagar, Asansol on 5th June 2025 by Kanoria Foundation

Kanoria Foundation, under the Chairmanship of Dr H P Kanoria, in collaboration with Bengal Shristi and Srihari Global School, organised a series of awareness activities focused on this year's global theme:

- BE Bureau

“Beating Plastic Pollution” and undertook a tree plantation drive in observance of World Environment Day 2025. Observed globally on 5th June, World Environment Day calls for collective action to protect the planet.

Plastic pollution is an urgent global problem. Every year, 19-23 million tonnes of plastic waste leak into aquatic ecosystems, polluting lakes, rivers, and seas. Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world's oceans, rivers, and lakes. This poses a threat to the marine environment. It puts marine species at higher risk of ingesting plastic, suffocating, or becoming entangled in plastic pollution. Research indicates that more than 1,500 species in marine and terrestrial environments are known to ingest plastics.

According to the United Nations Environment Programme, microplastics have also been found in human livers, kidneys, and placentas. Additionally, the International Union for Conservation of Nature finds that carcinogenic chemicals found in plastic products can leach into tap water, which may cause developmental, reproductive, neurological, and immune disorders.