Viewfinder: United Nations Issues Global Challenge to Reduce Ocean Pollution for World Environment Day

Pacific Standard Staff
June 6, 2018
Groups of volunteers clean up plastic waste on a beach in Lima, Peru, during World Environment Day on June 5th, 2018.
Groups of volunteers clean up plastic waste on a beach in Lima, Peru, during World Environment Day on June 5th, 2018. The United Nations urged people to take steps against the use of plastic bags, as part of a global challenge to reduce the increasing pollution of the oceans.

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