World Environment Day is marked with protests and recycling

From tree-saving protests in Australia to fashion shows recycling plastics in the US

A woman plants a tree to mark World Environment Day in Lhoknga Beach, Aceh, Indonesia. AFP

The sculpture 'Earth Poetica', a globe made from plastic waste by Israeli artist Beverly Barkat, in the World Trade Centre, New York. EPA

A man dressed in plastic waste marks the 50th World Environment Day celebrations in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. AFP

A worker shovels plastic bottles at a company that recycles them in Machakos, Kenya. EPA

Weeds are removed from the polluted waters of Dal Lake on World Environment Day in Srinagar, Indian Kashmir. AP

Schoolchildren look at a globe made from plastic bottles in Bangalore, India. EPA

Schoolchildren shout slogans and display environment-themed placards in Bangalore. EPA

Members of the Hyderabad Zindabad Forum carry a model of the globe filled with plastic during an awareness campaign on World Environment Day in Hyderabad. AFP

Climate activists march towards the New South Wales Parliament building in Sydney, Australia. Getty Images

Protesters hold placards during a rally marking World Environment Day in Sydney. EPA

A labourer sorts plastic yarn made from recycled plastic bottles at Whiteline Industries in Colombo, Sri Lanka. EPA

A human chain is formed on the eve of World Environment Day in New Delhi, as residents vow to keep the Yamuna river clean. Reuters

The Knitting Nannas conservation group wrap Big Spotty, a giant spotted gum in the North Brooman State Forest in Australia. The area has been identified for logging due to start in September. EPA

Employees work at a plastic recycling plant in Tunis. EPA

Ivorian artist Aristide Kouame, who creates art made out of plastic waste, works on a piece made of used flip-flops he collected from a beach in Abidjan. EPA

Palestinian workers sort plastic waste at a factory where it gets transformed into agricultural water hoses at a plastic recycling factory in the northern Gaza Strip. EPA

A female labourer sorts out recyclable polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, plastic bottles in the Viridis Recycling Centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka. EPA

A worker carries bundles of PET bottles at a plastic waste collection company in Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA

Volunteers carry an installation depicting a fish made from plastic waste to raise awareness at Edward Elliot's beach, in Chennai, India. EPA

A woman removes labels and classifies plastic waste at a plastic recycling craft village in Hanoi, Vietnam. EPA

To celebrate World Environment Day, the Green Planet is partnering with GEMS Legacy School in Dubai to welcome a 18-metre blue whale recycled sculpture. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Nikki Sevilla-Caampued, co-founder of eco-friendly packaging manufacturer Sachi-Group and EcoNest Philippines, displays Cassava resins, a raw material for manufacturing compostable and water-soluble plastic bags, in Marilao, Philippines. EPA

Indian labourers of PotHoleRaja, a social venture company, place GridMats made from used waste plastic materials on the ground to build a road in Bangalore, India. EPA

Scavengers collect plastic materials at a landfill site in Marelan, in north Sumatra, Indonesia. EPA

A worker carries plastic waste with a wheel loader at the Interzero recycling plant in Marl, Germany. According to the Federal Environment Agency, 99.4 per cent of all collected plastic waste was recycled in Germany in 2019. EPA

A worker checks the plastic waste at the Interzero recycling plant in Marl, Germany. EPA

A fisherman stands on a little rock island near debris and plastic waste dumped in the Mediterranean Sea in Beirut. A new UN report says that plastic pollution can be cut by 80 per cent by 2040, if action is taken now to reuse, recycle and diversify away from plastics. EPA

Volunteers clean the Recreio dos Bandeirantes beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. EPA

Boys sit on the banks of the foam-covered polluted Yamuna river on the eve of World Environment Day in New Delhi. Reuters

A model at the Atlanta Sustainable Fashion Week show in Atlanta, Georgia. Designers used recycled and discarded fabrics and earth-friendly dyes. EPA

A man dries plastic chips at the Buriganga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh. EPA

Tenneh Sumowood, a seamstress, sews together used plastic sachets as part of a recycling process at the Environmental Rescue Initiative in Montserrado County, Liberia. EPA

Iraqi volunteers remove plastic waste from the banks of the Tigris river in central Baghdad. EPA

A front-end recycling machine at a residential compound in Shanghai. Compared to traditional recycling bins, residents are rewarded with a small amount of money after separating waste and placing it in the machines. EPA

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