On the cards in Kerala: A clean, green Lok Sabha polls

Kerala Suchitwa Mission Executive Director R Ajay Kr Verma says mass involvement most crucial

UN Environment Assembly focuses on moving faster towards Sustainable Development Goals

Ministers and delegates from 170 countries put their minds together to set global Green agenda

PM Modi's Independence Day speech: Call against single-use plastic can be a start

To weed out single-use plastic, India must first define it

Freedom from single-use plastics: A dream or an achievable target?

After Modi in his August 15 address appealed to make India free from single-use plastics, the country now needs a robust roadmap to weed it out

Govt shifts focus to sustaining sanitation coverage

The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation prepares a rural sanitation strategy to maintain open-defecation free status and clear up waste issues

Plastic waste management: What can India learn from other countries

Some countries succeeded in tackling th eplastic problem, while some took a step ahead before slipping back

No plastic ban: What it means for India?

Here are a few suggestions on how the country can handle the plastic menace

10 methods companies bet on to cut single-use plastic use

Several firms claim to have either started or plan to use eco-friendly cutlery, recycled plastic, biodegradable lids and other ways firms are …

No ban on single-use plastics, to be phased out by 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterates a commitment that India made last year

Coca-Cola yet again top global plastic polluter

In 2019, 11,732 pieces of Coke-branded plastic waste was identified from 37 countries. Last year, the beverages brand accounted for 9,216 pieces …

Why NGT rap on Amazon, Flipkart on 16-yr-old's petition is significant

Green bench directive against e-commerce giants come at a time when plastic waste is choking us

Simply Put: Kerala and plastics

Kerala has taken a bold step with its ban on single-use plastics

Whether it will be successful remains to be seen; however, it is a praiseworthy step nonetheless 

Is implementation of plastic ban in various states confined to paper?

No takers for recycling of many single-use plastic products, says report

How China plans to phase out single-use plastics by 2025

However, it must ensure fair practices to achieve environmentally-driven, economically viable expectations

My plastic etiquette during COVID-19

There is something about the pandemic that makes you feel protected by using single-use plastic products. I am not alone in this battle  

We looked for South Africa’s ‘missing’ plastic litter. This is what we found

South Africa is ranked as the 11th worst offender in terms of land-based sources of litter entering the sea

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 30, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Plastic crisis in the mountains: Will extended producer responsibility bring in change

EPR initiatives so far have been few and far, and in no way keeping up with the levels of plastic pollution they cause  

Food wrappers overtake cigarette butts as beach litter: Report

A record 4,771,602 food wrappers picked up in a single day by 943,195 volunteers of environmental advocacy group Ocean Conservancy across …

Prevention, not mitigation needed to solve South Africa’s plastic problem: WWF

Interventions needed across plastic value chain rather than just waste management

Cool packaging: IIT Kharagpur has a new use for cucumber peels

Cellulose nanomaterial developed from the peels has strength and elongation, could replace single-use plastic, according to researchers

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  

Draft plastic waste rules: Why multi-layered plastic needs to be phased out

12 years since plastic waste rules, 2011, restricting the use of MLPs is off the charts