Tag: Erik Solheim

By Vishal Gulati, Da Nang (Vietnam) : Plastic drinking straws are just one example of some of the pointless plastic products that have proved to be a curse for the environment, United Nations Environment head Erik Solheim has said. "We also have pointless packaging, pointless plastic bags and huge quantities of other products that are used for minutes or seconds and that we can easily live without," Solheim told IANS in an interview here. He's in this Vietnamese port city for the Sixth Global Environment Facility (GEF) assembly. The GEF is a crucial...