Trashing the ragpicker

The new rules for plastic waste management exclude the informal sector, key to their successful implementation

New plastic waste management rules leave out vital points

One aspect that was not dealt with was the informal sector of waste collection

World's consumption levels are breaking new records, says report

The consumption demands of more than seven billion people are exerting pressure on the planet's finite resources

Independence Day special

For an eco-friendly Tricolour

Plastic threat

Plastic toxins in oceans threaten lugworms, which recycle nutrients

India researchers make petrol from plastic

The Indian Institute of Petroleum has developed a technology that uses a combination of catalysts to produce high-quality diesel and petrol

Oil from waste

Plastic wonders

All-plastic batteries are lighter and even flexible

Shapeshifters

Metallic alloys and polymers that can change their shapes at will... that's the future

Self-healing plastic

Archie in Africa

Comics>> Plastic • Rwanda/US

Plastic is good

Pakistani citizens left holding the bag

Consistent colour

A new method of painting plastics while they are being moulded guarantees uniformity of shade

Plastic-on-wheels

Plastic from rapeseed

The millennium hotline

The new century will explode into your home through plastic optical fibres, say US scientists, promising an amazing, "wired" future

Plastics enlightened

Scientists develop plastics that can repair cracks on their own with the aid of light

South Asia

A matter of identity

Fibrous substitute

Vegetable strength

Plastic ploys

Dendrimers are about to revolutionise the age of polymers

Plastic policies

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