Chinese ban causes re-routing of plastic waste imports to Asia

More plastic waste is now making its way to Southeast Asia even as many countries are mooting plastic bans

Can the world beat plastic?

Pollution caused by plastic is a major issue in today’s world. But solutions to tackle it and dispose plastic waste safely do exist

Nigeria well placed to beat plastic pollution: Vice President

Government and corporations have started working on different programmes aimed at reducing plastic pollution

How Uttar Pradesh can avoid patchy implementation of plastic ban

Uttar Pradesh, which generates over 130,000 tonnes of plastic waste annually, needs to take early measures to facilitate the transition

The problem with banning plastic

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

ब्रांडेड प्लास्टिक रैपर की हो “घर वापसी”

धरती को सुरक्षित रखना है तो कंपनियों को भी पैकेंजिंग के �…

Mangrove fungi that munches on polythene

Isolated from India’s West Coast, the fungi can potentially help degrade polythene

Indian states’ implementation of plastic ban a mixed bag

Tamil Nadu is the latest entrant to the band of Indian states that have banned single-use plastics; here’s a status update on all of them

Maharashtra's ambitious plastic ban continues to confuse

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

प्लास्टिक कचरे से निपटने के लिए एकजुट हुए 180 देश, भारत के प्रयासों की सराहना

संयुक्त राष्ट्र के देशों ने मिलकर प्लास्टिक कचरे का बड़…

India's plastic consumption increases at over 10 per cent year-on-year

Despite this, policy and implementation is woefully out of step to deal with the problem of managing the mounting waste

Plastic-eating bacteria won't check plastic waste, reducing our consumption will

New discoveries and improvements of plastic eating bacteria notwithstanding, humans cannot ignore their consumption choices

Microplastic pollution load on seashore linked with population size of coastal cities

New study conducted across three coastal cities of Mumbai, Thoothukudi and Dhanushkodi

Will the plastic carry-ban in Delhi be enforced this time?

In spite of separate bans ordered by both the court and the government, use of plastic bags has not stopped

Could plastic spill in the North Sea have been behind deaths of 20,000 seabirds?

The birds, called guillemots have been washing up on the Dutch shore in the aftermath of containers spilling from a ship passing through the area

Two more states join anti-plastic bandwagon

After Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, now Himachal Pradesh and Odisha have reined in on thermocol and plastic

कमल के पत्तों पर भोजन परोसने की परंपरा बनाम प्लास्टिक

शादियों में भोजन कराने के लिए कमल के पत्तों का इस्तेमाल �…

Japanese scientists discover plastic-eating bacteria

Ideonella sakainesis can break down PET commonly found in water bottles

New global alliance commits over $1 billion to help end plastic waste

Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW), comprising about 30 companies, aims to invest $1.5 billion over the next five years in fight against …

Microplastics are getting into mosquitoes and contaminating new food chains

Once inside an animal, the plastic can transfer via the food chain into fish and other creatures and eventually become a potential …

Uttar Pradesh bans polythene across state

The decision came after a state cabinet meeting, less than two weeks before the December 31 deadline set by the court 

With China banning import of plastic waste, who will bear the burden of recycling world's toxic scrap?

Experts say that Southeast Asia could become the world’s new plastic waste recycle hub

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 

CPCB cracks whip on 52 firms for flouting plastic waste rules

This is the first time the pollution watchdog has held companies accountable for not holding their end of the deal