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NEW DELHI:   World Environment Day is the United Nations' (UN) most important day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment. Since it began in 1974, it has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated in over 100 countries. World Environment Day is the "people's day" for doing something to take care of the Earth. Each  World Environment Day  is organised around a theme that focuses attention on a particularly pressing environmental concern. The theme for the World Environment Day 2018, " Beat Plastic Pollution ". The theme invites everyone to consider how they can make changes in their everyday lives to reduce the heavy burden of  plastic pollution  on our natural places, our wildlife - and their own health. While  plastic  has many valuable uses, we have become over-reliant on single-use or disposable plastic - with severe environmental consequences. Ev...