2nd Annual Congress on Environmental Pollution and Health Hazards

Hyatt Regency Osaka
1-13-11 Nanko-Kita, Suminoe-Ku
Osaka, Japan 559-0034

Conference Dates: October 22-23, 2018

IS RECYCLING A SUFFICIENT MEASURE TO OVERCOME THE PLASTIC POLLUTION?

Today, plastic has become an indispensable part of every individual’s life. Every minute tonnes and tonnes of plastic are being dumped into our oceans. The corporations and the multi-national companies are dumping their plastic wastes which have no fate, the moment they are tossed in the dustbins. Since the year 1950, about 8.3bn tonnes of plastic and plastic products have been entering our atmosphere. If we look at the rate of recycling within the same time span, it is somewhere around nine percent of the total amount of plastic generated.

We need to understand, that the measure of recycling is not potent enough to stand alone and curb out the problems of the plastic pollution. In addition to the recycling of the existing plastic wastes, we need to reach the source which gives rise to the plastic production and chop it off there itself. The need of the hour is that the big multinational companies and the corporations understand their role towards the eco-friendly environment and boycott the use of plastic cups, bottles, straws and other related things.
While we talk about the drink companies, they are the sole contributors of about 500bn non-recyclable plastic bottles per annum.

Some US cities, Morocco, Vancouver, and Iceland, emphasizes on the municipal cups, bags and straw bans. However, these measures to fall short of complete eradication of the problem of plastic pollution. In place of these measures, there are clean-up efforts undertaken across the globe. These clean-up drives are helpful in reducing the litter but fall short of their efforts when it comes to the microplastics. Microplastics are tiny plastic particles that make their way into our seas and oceans.

Now, we are in dire need of boycotting the plastic production instead of imposing restrictions on their usage.

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The World Health Organisation has announced a review !!

The World Health Organisation has announced a review into the potential risks of plastic in drinking water after a new analysis of some of the world’s most popular bottled water brands found that more than 90% contained tiny pieces of plastic. A previous study also found high levels of micro plastics in tap water.

In the new study, analysis of 259 bottles from 19 locations in nine countries across 11 different brands found an average of 325 plastic particles for every litre of water being sold.

In one bottle of Nestlé Pure Life, concentrations were as high as 10,000 plastic pieces per litre of water. Of the 259 bottles tested, only 17 were free of plastics, according to the study. Scientists based at the State University of New York in Fredonia were commissioned by journalism project Orb Media to analyse the bottled water.

The scientists wrote they had “found roughly twice as many plastic particles within bottled water” compared with their previous study of tap water

According to the new study, the most common type of plastic fragment found was polypropylene – the same type of plastic used to make bottle caps. The bottles analysed were bought in the US, China, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Lebanon, Kenya and Thailand. Scientists used Nile red dye to fluoresce particles in the water – the dye tends to stick to the surface of plastics but not most natural materials.

The brands Orb Media said it had tested were: Aqua (Danone), Aquafina (PepsiCo), Bisleri (Bisleri International), Dasani (Coca-Cola), Epura (PepsiCo), Evian (Danone), Gerolsteiner (Gerolsteiner Brunnen), Minalba (Grupo Edson Queiroz), Nestlé Pure Life (Nestlé), San Pellegrino (Nestlé) and Wahaha (Hangzhou Wahaha Group).


A World Health Organisation spokesman told that although there was not yet any evidence on impacts on human health, it was aware it was an emerging area of concern. The spokesman said the WHO would “review the very scarce available evidence with the objective of identifying evidence gaps, and establishing a research agenda to inform a more thorough risk assessment.”

Currently, we are organizing 2nd Annual Congress on Environmental Pollution and Health Hazards (Pollution Control Congress 2018) during October 22-23, 2018 in Osaka, Japan in which Plastic Pollution will be mainly Conference highlighted.

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Pollution Control Congress 2018

2nd Annual Congress on Environmental Pollution and Health Hazards

October 22-23, 2018 Osaka, Japan

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2nd Annual Congress on Environmental Pollution and Health Hazards

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Vancouver votes to ban plastic straws, foam cups and containers by June 2019

Vancouver has voted to ban the distribution of plastic straws as well as foam take-out containers and cups as part of its zero-waste strategy.

The ban will be introduced on June 1, 2019. 

The move is part of the city's Zero Waste 2040 strategy, which was approved by councillors in a vote on Wednesday.

Council also approved a new, flexible bylaw to reduce the amount of disposable cups, as well as plastic and paper shopping bags handed out across the city.

Under the bylaw, a statement said, businesses must choose one of the following options:

• No distribution of disposable cups or plastic/paper shopping bags at all.
• Charging an extra fee for disposable cups or plastic/paper shopping bags.
• Other solutions that will be proposed and finalized through consultation.

A statement said the city will bring in an outright distribution ban on single-use bags and cups if the reduction plans don't lead to the city reaching its target reduction rate by 2021.

The city said it plans to invest in education to support small businesses "as they transition to using more sustainable packaging materials."

A statement said 2.6 million plastic-lined paper cups and two million plastic bags are thrown in the garbage in Vancouver every week. 

2nd Annual Congress on Environmental Pollution and Health Hazards

Conference Series llc LTD takes immense pleasure to extend our warm welcome to invite all the participants from all over the world to attend 2nd Annual Congress on Environmental Pollution and Health hazards October 22-23, 2018 Osaka, Japan which will entail lively debates, prompt keynote presentations, Oral talks, Poster presentations, workshops and networking opportunities around a core of plenary and concurrent sessions based on essential topics in the Pollution Control sector.

Pollution Control Congress 2018 conference is organizing with the theme of “Addressing Pollution Challenges and Solutions towards Sustainable Green Environment”.

Conference Highlights:

• Environmental Pollution
• Pollution Sources & Effects
• Global warming
• Ocean and Climate change
• Pollution Analysis
• Pollution Ecology & Toxicology
• Environmental Protection
• Human Impact on the Environment
• Environmental Sustainability and Development
• Pollution Solutions
• Recycling & Waste Management
• Bioenergy and Biofuels
• Risk assessment
• Trending Market in Pollution Control

Why recycling is not the answer for fighting the plastic pollution problem???

How much of a problem is it?

Why is it a problem?

Where is all the plastic coming from?

How does plastic end up in our oceans?

Is more recycling the answer?

What’s the problem with recycling?

On the Hollywood Walk of Fame 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin Is Remembered With a Star

Australian wildlife expert and television personality Steve Irwin, also known as the ‘Crocodile Hunter,’ was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Thursday. Irwin’s widow, Terri, and their two children, Bindi and Robert, attended the ceremony on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.

“Steve always said that he hoped his message of conservation would live on forever,” said Terri Irwin. “It means the world to us that Steve’s memory will live on in so many ways.”

Irwin was killed in 2006 by a stingray that pierced his heart while he was filming an underwater documentary, Ocean’s Deadliest. Irwin was given the 2,635th star on the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame, which celebrates the achievements of individuals in the entertainment industry. Hundreds of fans gathered for the ceremony, including Australian comedian Rove McManus, celebrity chef Curtis Stone, and TV personality Ross Matthew. After the family unveiled the star they posed for photos with a giant snake.

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which oversees the Walk of Fame, awards around 20 new stars annually, one of which is posthumous. A posthumous star is not awarded until at least five years after a candidate’s death

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