Environment, Forestry and Climate Change Cabinet Secretary (CS) Dr Deborah Barasa yesterday led the country in celebrating this year's World Environmental Day with a clarion call to Kenyans to reduce plastic leakage into the environment.
She urged citizens to lead by example and to work together to protect the country and the planet at large.
Speaking at Tharaka University in Tharaka Nithi County, where the celebrations were held, Dr Barasa said that plastic pollution remains one of the most urgent global environmental threats with significant impacts on ecosystems, human health, and economic sustainability. "As the world celebrates world environment Day 2025 under the theme 'Ending plastic pollution', Kenya reaffirms its commitment to environmental stewardship," said the CS.
She noted that globally, more than 430 million tonnes of plastics are produced annually, where two thirds become waste, polluting oceans, degrading land, and threatening biodiversity.
