3 yr. ago
At Kenya's biggest dump, urgent calls for a global plastics treaty
A short drive from the United Nations complex in Nairobi where talks on a global plastics treaty are taking place this week is Kenya's biggest landfill - a mountain of garbage, carpeted in single-use plastic.
#kenya #unitednations
A short drive from the United Nations complex in Nairobi where talks on a global plastics treaty are taking place this week is Kenya's biggest landfill - a mountain of garbage, carpeted in single-use plastic.
#kenya #unitednations
3 yr. ago
A blight on the beach, old flip flops given makeover in Kenya
Tangled in seaweed, buried in sand, washed up in rock pools - tattered old flip flops are an eyesore on Kenya's beaches, flushed out of rivers or carried across the sea from Asia and beyond. They are the footwear of choice for much of the world but cheap flip flops, like other plastic trash, are polluting oceans and pristine white-sand beaches like Kilifi on the Indian Ocean.
#kenya #flipflop
Tangled in seaweed, buried in sand, washed up in rock pools - tattered old flip flops are an eyesore on Kenya's beaches, flushed out of rivers or carried across the sea from Asia and beyond. They are the footwear of choice for much of the world but cheap flip flops, like other plastic trash, are polluting oceans and pristine white-sand beaches like Kilifi on the Indian Ocean.
#kenya #flipflop
3 yr. ago
Taliban order shop owners to behead mannequins
The Taliban have ordered shop owners in western Afghanistan to cut off the heads of mannequins, insisting the human figures violate Islamic law. A video clip showing men sawing the plastic heads off women figures went viral on social media.
#taliban #afghanistan
The Taliban have ordered shop owners in western Afghanistan to cut off the heads of mannequins, insisting the human figures violate Islamic law. A video clip showing men sawing the plastic heads off women figures went viral on social media.
#taliban #afghanistan
3 yr. ago
Ocean plastic-trapping device caught 290,299kg of trash - including a fridge, and toilet seats
In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, around 1,931 kilometres from shore, sits a giant vortex of rubbish known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The site is home to more than 27 trillion pieces of plastic - the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world.
#plasticwaste #pacificocean #plastic #pacificgarbagepatch
In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, around 1,931 kilometres from shore, sits a giant vortex of rubbish known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The site is home to more than 27 trillion pieces of plastic - the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world.
#plasticwaste #pacificocean #plastic #pacificgarbagepatch
