Plastic interest

News Snippets

News Snippets

All at sea

Fire in Mundka scrap market

May be good news for landlords who now have metro connection

Shape of things to come

A novel method to convert plastic bags into new shapes could help minimise their adverse effects on our environment

For the first time, study confirms presence of microplastics in Indian cosmetics

Results show that 50 per cent of the face wash products and 67 per cent of the facial scrubs contain microplastics

CAMBODIA

Reducing plastic threat

PLASTIC HAZARD

SOUTH AFRICA

Packaged afresh

Cinderella's carriage

Biodegradable plastic car parts can be made from miscanthus grass

The great Pacific garbage patch

Unheralded films feature development themes

Individuals and voluntary agencies continue to make films in different parts of the country on subjects that interest them, though hardly any of …

A few good men

Seven months of hard work and sheer dedication has made Pithoragarh free from polythene bags

A fair hearing

On World Environment Day, the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) put out an advertisement propagating plastic as the alternative to the …

South Asia

Plastic problem

A ban on recycled plastic in Delhi will have little effect

Ban on plastic bags

Plastic digester for better biogas production

Wasteful profits

From barefoot ragpickers to rich kabariwallahs moving about in cars, the country's waste recycling industry caters to countless Indians.An …

Covering up with a plastic smile

The plastics industry in USA maintains its green image by deviously exporting used containers to developing countries for disposal, finds …

No genie's tale

Plastic waste is threatening ocean biodiversity

Petrol from plastic

An energy efficient technique