As consumption and production intensify, pollution is ever more extensive, pervasive, and persistent. It affects our health through the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we breathe. Humanity produces 2.1 billion tonnes of waste every year, while air pollution is responsible for 8 million premature deaths each year.
But pollution is largely controllable and often avoidable. A shift to cleaner industries and economies built on circular approaches will help us drive prosperity, development and better health while we beat the pollution crisis.
But pollution is largely controllable and often avoidable. A shift to cleaner industries and economies built on circular approaches will help us drive prosperity, development and better health while we beat the pollution crisis.
Pollution touches all parts of the planet and it's the largest environmental cause of disease and premature death in the world. But we can curb the fight against pollution.