World Environment Day 2023 has #BeatPlasticPollution as its theme of the year. Plastic's ease of use and discard has us under its spell, while it wreaks havoc on the environment and people. Can we hope to wean ourselves from this global habit?
Dead herrings seen trapped in a plastic consumer packaging net on May 3, 2023, near Pietarsaari, in Finland during the late spring as the sea ice is melting slowly. Image: OLIVIER MORIN / AFP