Five Facts on Friday -2 #FFF
Theme: Environment (Pollution)
🌾 # 1: More than 9 million hectares of land in India are suffering from salinisation. (Source: @down2earthindia) 52% of global agricultural soils are degraded — @cpsavesoil #SaveSoil #ConsciousPlanet
🗑️ # 2: India generates 9.46mn tonnes of Plastic annually of which less than 40% is not even collected. Ref: https://www.indiaplasticspact.org/ #IndiaPlasticsPact
💻 # 3: India is the third-largest e-waste generator in the World as per Global E-waste Monitor. ( Not something to be proud of :/ )
🏭 # 4: India has Twenty-two out of the world’s thirty most polluted cities. In addition to this, Delhi has been ranked the most polluted capital city globally. Source: ‘World Air Quality Report, 2020’ — @IQAir (Swiss Org)
🌊 # 5: 70% of India’s surface water is unfit for consumption. Source: @wef Article — https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/10/water-pollution-in-india-data-tech-solution/
