Plastic warms the planet twice as much as aviation – here's how to make it climate-friendly

By combining reduction in demand, top-notch recycling, decarbonisation of energy, and large-scale adoption of bioplastics, we can tackle plastic&…

How Gujarat succeeded in co-processing plastic waste in cement kilns and promoting circular economy

The state’s experience is a great example for others to follow

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

सच में प्लास्टिक से मुक्ति चाहते हैं तो अपनानी होंगी ये तरकीबें

प्लास्टिक पर प्रतिबंध के नाम पर शुरू हुई हलचल थमनी नहीं चाहिए। हम कुछ उपायों के जरिए एक बार इस्तेमाल होने वाले प्लास्टिक के ...

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

Even bottled water can have microplastics

Tap water from around the world was contaminated with microplastics, showed a recent study. India came third on the list

Famous Cuddalore beach found to have high level of microplastics: NCPOR study

The Silver Beach in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu was found to have a higher amount of coloured plastic particles, compared to fragmented and …

40% plastic waste littered on India’s streets: Javadekar in Lok Sabha

Minister also told the House that the government had no new scheme or fund allocation for recycling of plastic

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

No ban on single-use plastics, to be phased out by 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterates a commitment that India made last year

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

How plastic pollution affects camels in the Thar

Improved waste management and alternative systems to package and deliver goods in the region could help in managing our terrestrial solid waste …

ब्रांडेड प्लास्टिक रैपर की हो “घर वापसी”

धरती को सुरक्षित रखना है तो कंपनियों को भी पैकेंजिंग के लिए इस्तेमाल होने वाले प्लास्टिक रैपर का विकल्प ढूंढ़ना होगा। प्लास्टिक को रि-साइकिल ...

World Migratory Birds Day: Save the gulls of the Sangam

Siberian gulls, who migrate to the Triveni Sangam in winter, die because of eating plastic; their habits also change when tourists feed them

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

Prevention, not mitigation needed to solve South Africa’s plastic problem: WWF

Interventions needed across plastic value chain rather than just waste management

Microplastic in Atlantic: Great garbage patch

Microplastics are all so pervasive that our bodies have turned into a great garbage patch

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

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

Plants can absorb plastic as well, finds study

Plant accumulation of nanoplastics can have direct ecological effects and implications for agricultural sustainability and food safety, say …

Paradigm shift in transborder plastic waste trade

Agreement reached at 14th Conference of Parties to the Basel Convention to make global trade in plastic scrap more transparent and better regulated

‘Compostable’ not ‘Recyclable’ is the only way out

We all compost at the end of life. Let us learn from what is all around us and adapt our choices so that we can continue to survive and thrive

Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2019: The order of change

To resolve environmental problems, we need a change in mindset, empirical studies, implementation, monitoring and follow-ups, says Justice Madan …

PPE kits add to plastic waste; how about turning them into fuel

Mostly, PPE mostly contain polypropylene, which can be converted into petrol by pyrolysis