Biodegradable polythene

Airtight boxes

Online shopping means cutting billions of trees

India’s booming e-commerce industry has huge environmental costs and there are no estimates about the amount of packaging and waste …

Package deal

German firm finds way to make cheaper styrene

People prevail

Papered over

Package collection plan promotes recycling

Germany's environmental laws are slowly ushering in a culture of waste reduction, especially in packaging material.

The Philippines

The problem with banning plastic

What is needed is to actually alter behaviour, if not preferences

प्लास्टिक प्रदूषण से मुक्ति दूर की कौड़ी

उत्तराखंड में जल, जंगल, जमीन, ग्लेशियर, नदियों और पलायन ज�…

Self-sufficiency and plastic ban

Imagine a scenario where packaging isn’t easy and cheap. The need would be, then, to create a self-sufficient neighbourhood 

Chemical used in plastic packaging may cause obesity: research

The chemical Bisphenol A hampers the functioning of a hunger-related hormone and can lead to overeating

50% of plastic packaging to be recycled by 2025: European Council

According to new rules adopted for waste management and recycling by the European Council, all member states must recycle 50% plastic packaging …

Packaging that melts

Out of the box

Outer packaging of daily-need products serves no purpose, adds to country’s waste disposal woes

Plain victory against Big Tobacco

Philip Morris has lost a case of trademark violation in Australia and this could have a cascading effect

India's food labelling, promotion laws need to be strengthened: experts

India does not have standardised serving size of foods and it is not required to be labelled

World no tobacco day: Push for plain packaging to save lives

Plain packaging of tobacco products restricts advertising and promotion and increases the effectiveness of health warnings  

Clearing the smoke on packaging

WTO rules that Australian laws on tobacco packaging don't violate global obligations to protect intellectual property

"Zero-waste life isn't wishful thinking"

Hannah Sartin rarely dumps a plastic wrapper or paper ball as trash. At 32, she owns Munich's first zero-waste shop and has published a book that …

Ban on plastic packaging for junk food products in Himachal Pradesh upheld

High Court vacates stay; says ban must be enforced from coming January 26

Maharashtra's ambitious plastic ban continues to confuse

Rushed up notifications, illegal raids, and lack of alternatives have marred Maharashtra's plastic ban 

Parliamentary panel recommends reduction of pictorial warnings on tobacco products

The committee has taken the decision in view of the possible loss of livelihood of bidi workers and the increase in illicit trade of tobacco products

Baby food contaminated with endocrine disruptor bisphenol A

EIA made easy

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