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Circular solutions to plastics waste

Countless news articles and many non-governmental organizations (NGOs) would seem to agree—single-use plastic is the...

COVID19 Has Worsened the Ocean Plastic Pollution Problem

COVID-19 triggered an estimated global use of 129 billion face masks and 65 billion gloves...

Plastic Rain, microplastics are blowing all over the world

Here, there, and everywhere. No place is safe from plastic pollution. In a report published...

Youth wanting to change the world, leading by example

Goumbook interviews two Drop It Youth Ambassadors: Neola Castelino, Grade 11, Our Own English High...

American University of Sharjah leads fight on plastic

American University of Sharjah (AUS) has announced plans to tackle plastic and Styrofoam waste, and...

Drop It Youth Campaign Award Ceremony 2019

Goumbook, the leading social enterprise promoting sustainability and green living in the UAE, closes this...

Emirates Literature Festival goes plastic free

Emirates Literature Foundation and Goumbook teamed up this year to make the Emirates Literature Festival...

What inspired these youngsters to go green?

Reducing our dependence on single use plastic is the focus of a returning environmental initiative....