Citize­ns come out to plant trees, learn how to live in an enviro­nmenta­lly friend­ly way on World Earth DayKARACHI:It is Mother Earth’s birthday and it needs looking after, as we need to leave a better world for our children, said horticulturist Tofiq Pasha. Commenting on the theme of this year’s World Earth Day – end plastic pollution – he said that eradicating plastic pollution is easily doable but for that every individual needs to take a step forward as every individual owes mother nature. He was speaking at Pakistan’s first urban forest park in Clifton to commemorate World Earth Day on Sunday. According to him, we need to take steps so that the Earth cools down and stops showing its anger towards us. Shabbar, while quoting Sindh Solid Waste Management Board Director Dr AD Sajnani, said that the current solid waste amount produced by the city is 12,000 tons a day and barely 60% is being picked up.

Source: The Express Tribune April 23, 2018 03:00 UTC