No child's play

Goa bans plastic bags

Selective handling

Healing plastic

Self healing

Scientists develop a plastic that can repair itself when heated

Plastic purge

Chittaranjan township sports a new look as its residents say no to plastic carrybags

Vicious cycle

The Union government dilly-dallies on an expert committee recommendation to ban recycled plastic bags

Vegetables perk up Ladakh's winters

Greenhouses made of plastic and wood are creating a green revolution in Ladakh.

Good plastic

Welcome step

BAN ON PLASTICS

Thin is ugly

Plastic bags should be at least 100 microns thick says the government in Goa

Buckling under

South Africa waters down proposed ban on plastic

Not quite the light side

POLYTHENE BANNED

Will the plastic degrade?

Loopholes in technology, Delhi government's order

Foreign concern

India can't care about hazardous imports; the world must

Green shopping

The see-saw approach

The Central Public Works Department has banned the use of wood in its construction projects, ignoring the fact that the substitutes are more …

Burdened by refuse

Industries and local councils have had to come to the rescue of Germany's ambitious recycling programme, which is overwhelmed by a huge volume of …

Eco-labelling doubts linger

Fourteen years after Germany scored a worldwide first by adopting eco-labelling, there still remain doubts about selection and evaluation …

Say no to plastics

Image-conscious Goa

Bagging Success

Tax on plastic shopping bags in Ireland pays rich dividends

Plastic purge