U.N. member states meeting in Nairobi, Kenya as part of the UNEA 5.2 agreed to the first global agreement to tackle plastic pollution. The historical treaty will be developed within two years. It will seek to prevent and reduce plastic pollution in the environment and...
Plastic (as both micro- and macro- plastic) is an important environmental contaminant, affecting the food chain and directly entering into marine products, including seafood. However, plastic contamination in wild-derived fishmeal, a globally traded commodity, remains...
In August 2018, 5 liters of water samples were taken daily for 6 days from the influent and effluent water of the treatment plants that were treated 1.5 million population inhabited in Seyhan and Yüreğir districts of Adana province. It has been revealed that 1 million...
Source: WWF According to a report published by WWF, Turkey is a country leaving most plastic litter into the Mediterranean Sea. The countries that dump most plastics into the Mediterranean Sea are Turkey (144 tonnes/day), Spain (126), Italy (90), Egypt (77) and France...
