{"id":6403,"date":"2025-06-05T07:27:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T07:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cesda.org.ng\/web\/?p=6403"},"modified":"2025-06-05T07:27:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T07:27:25","slug":"beating-plastic-pollution-why-this-world-environment-day-matters-more-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cesda.org.ng\/web\/beating-plastic-pollution-why-this-world-environment-day-matters-more-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Beating Plastic Pollution: Why This World Environment Day Matters More Than Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every June 5, the world comes together to reflect on the health of our planet. This year, the call is louder and more urgent than ever: #BeatPlasticPollution.<\/p>\n<p>At CESDA, we are using this moment to not only raise awareness but to inspire real change through education and advocacy. In our latest short video, we break down the reality of plastic waste in Nigeria \u2014 from the staggering amounts we generate to the hidden ways it affects our environment, economy, and health.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfd\ufe0f Watch the video, share it, and join the movement.<\/p>\n<p>The power to shift the narrative lies with all of us.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Hidden Danger in Our Drainages: Why Nigeria Must Beat Plastic Pollution Now\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wwam-WqBJFY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every June 5, the world comes together to reflect on the health of our planet. This year, the call is louder and more urgent than ever: #BeatPlasticPollution. At CESDA, we are using this moment to not only raise awareness but to inspire real change through education and advocacy. In our latest short video, we break [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesda.org.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesda.org.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesda.org.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesda.org.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesda.org.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cesda.org.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6404,"href":"https:\/\/cesda.org.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6403\/revisions\/6404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesda.org.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesda.org.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesda.org.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}