Curbing plastic waste generation amid COVID-19 pandemic
The Union government’s mandate making it compulsory for everybody to wear face masks has made it an inevitable component of our attire.…
Exposing inequity & injustice of India’s single-use plastic ban
Ban targets downstream users of plastic while producers continue to operate with minimal restrictions
How plastics caused fire & affected air, water, soil, life in Brahmapuram
Waste-to-energy plants are not the solution
World Environment Day 2023: A call to action for a sustainable future
The theme for this year is ‘solutions to plastic pollution’
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
Plastic pollution: Campaigners around the world are using the courts to clean up — but manufacturers are fighting back
Governments have achieved disappointingly little so far and even the UN treaty on plastic pollution is unlikely to produce fundamental change
Timeless plastic: Museum displays vintage beached waste
Archeoplastica is a museum of ancient plastic items, now displaying some of the items in a virtual mode. As the world negotiates a new …
Insubstantial collaboration with stakeholders in plastic waste management in Nepal: Study
Only 3% municipalities have worked or plan to work with companies and industries that use or produce plastic waste
Plastic waste illegally imported into India, claims expose
Carried out by 2 non-profits, the expose has claimed that other countries across Asia too bearing the brunt
50 kg plastic for every metre of coast by 2040 without drastic action: Report
Coordinated global action is needed to avoid a plastic pile up
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
Kenya flooded with plastic waste from exported used clothes
The used clothes end up in Nairobi River or are used as fuel, causing pollution
Simply Put: Choking hazard for oceans
UNEA 5.2: Australia dumping plastic in ASEAN countries despite ending exports in 2020, shows report
Australia promoting policies driving “massive investment” in plastic waste fuel, says report
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&…
Life of Plastic: India is not collecting and recycling its polymer waste properly; here is how
Plastic waste in India is collected mostly by ragpickers, rather than the authorities; 68% of the plastic waste generated in India is …
How China plans to phase out single-use plastics by 2025
However, it must ensure fair practices to achieve environmentally-driven, economically viable expectations
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 …
Draft Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2021: Addressing the bigger problem
The draft proposes increasing thickness of carry bags made of virgin plastic to 120 microns from 50 microns; ban single-use plastic from 2022
CSE-DTE at Ottawa: Poor progress at INC-4 as it fails to address the elephant in the room
Many provisions of substantive elements do not make it to textual negotiations; like-minded groups dominate Closing Plenary
Run-up to Ottawa: New study shows how global plastic waste trade evolved recently & ways for responsible management
A most significant shift in global plastic waste trade landscape has been the decline in exports to China & Hong Kong
Whose waste is it?
Producers are shifting their plastic recovery responsibility to other companies
Why we need national standards for using fine-soil-like material recovered from legacy waste dumpsites in India
Fine soil-like materials recovered from legacy dumpsites may contain contaminants and should thus be tested before used in any application