Bethlehem-Based NGO: War and Plastic Waste Fuel Environmental Crisis in Gaza

BETHLEHEM/ PNN/

The Environmental Education Center, affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, on Wednesday warned of escalating plastic pollution in the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly in Gaza, amid ongoing war and environmental degradation, as the world marks World Environment Day.

In a statement issued for the occasion, which this year is themed “Beat Plastic Pollution,” the center said addressing environmental protection…