A review of the draft Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2015
The new rules propose to increase the thickness of plastic bags to 50 microns so that their cost discourages people from using them. But …
Reporting losses
The Ranganath Misra Committee's report on managing plastic waste is out. Will it fail to deliver like the earlier National Plastics Waste …
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
How plastic-producing companies can make waste recycling viable
Globally, companies are collecting and processing waste through producer responsibility organisations
Centre amends Plastic Waste Rules, but misses out on strengthening implementation
The amendment does not address the issue of changes needed in plastic waste rules concerning extended producer responsibility
Cutting the Gordian knot: Norway’s initiative to combat global plastic jeopardy
The Scandinavian country proposes stronger control of international trade in plastic wastes at the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Basel …
लोगों से प्लास्टिक वेस्ट खरीदेगी हिमाचल सरकार
हिमाचल सरकार की योजना है कि ऐसा प्लास्टिक जिसे रिसाइकिल…
State of waste: plastics
India generates around 25,940 tonnes of plastic waste a day, of which Delhi contributes the largest share (689.52 tonnes a day).
जल प्रदूषण दूर करने में मददगार हो सकता है प्लास्टिक कचरा
वैज्ञानिकों ने पॉलिएथलीन टेरेफ्थैलेट कचरे को ऐसी उपयो…
दिल्ली और यूपी समेत 23 राज्य लगा रहे हैं मोदी के स्वच्छता अभियान पर बट्टा
देश की राजधानी दिल्ली अकेले 689.52 टन प्लास्टिक कचरा पैदा क…
Was Goa’s burning Sonsoddo landfill a stunt or something else?
Uncannily, the fire at the waste treatment plant came just a day before Malaysia announced it was giving plastic waste imports back to western nations
Some vertical gardens
Ludhiana's Income-Tax department officials have turned plastic into greenery on a wall under the Green-Plastic Initiative
Faulty policies allow unchecked use of multilayered plastic
The government has no clue how to deal with multilayered plastic and the industry has been aided by the government’s lackadaisical attitude
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 …
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
World at a loss as China bans import of plastic waste
In 2017, China imported 7.3 million metric tonnes of waste, including metal, plastics and paper among other waste materials
Plastic or no plastic?
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
रास्ते हैं, बस चलने की जरूरत
महात्मा गांधी ने कहा था कि हम जैसी दुनिया देखना चाहते है…
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&…
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…
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
Plastic waste can be used for decontamination of water
This newly developed low-cost magnetic nanomaterial has the adsorptive potential for cephalexin from the water
Future of plastics: reusing the bad and encouraging the good
Tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean each year, but a switch away from petroleum-based products to bio-derived and degradable composites could …
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