Packaging plastic policy

It is time we examined the whole issue of packaging, plastics and recycling

Plastic ponds

Polythene banned

Uncelebrated entrepreneurs

Plastic-free planet: 3Rs of managing waste, addressing plastic pollution crisis at source come up at INC-3

Sharing of technology between developed and developing countries among concerns raised

Dumping ground

Bytes

Plastic-free planet: No consensus on intersessional work on INC-3 last day; revised zero draft to form basis of next session

INC-4 to be hosted by Ottawa, Canada in a few months; INC-5 by Busan, South Korea in November 2024

Great Pacific Garbage Patch ‘much larger’ than earlier estimated

The garbage patch is largely made up of tiny bits of plastic trapped by ocean currents

Fiery protest

An immolation bid by a Bhopal resident leads to closure of polluting factories

Amazon's genetic gold

Scientists decode genome of a bacterium with medical and industrial uses

Don't junk it

Waste can power vehicles

It’s a bad synthetic world

On current technology green plastics don’t inspire confidence  

Toxic mall

Instead of curtailing use of plastics, the Delhi government sets up a new market

Mere paperwork

The state government of Goa acknowledges that a green law passed in 1996 is toothless

Maharashtra acts

Polybags out, system suspect

In Court

Plastic-free planet: Like-minded group of countries demand changes to zero draft

First day did not progress to contact group discussions

Independence Day special

For an eco-friendly Tricolour

Children beware!

Committees vs committees

Can rubber stamps serve public interests?

Sun's the limit

Solar energy is yet to reach its true potential. Engineers aim at efficiency

Better disposal mechanism for plastics

Tough, clear, unhealthy

Bisphenol-A, used in making plastic, impacts cell function

Plastic threat

Plastic toxins in oceans threaten lugworms, which recycle nutrients