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

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उत्तराखंड पंचायत चुनाव, देशभर में संभवतः पहला ऐसा चुनाव होने जा रहा है, जिसमें प्रचार सामग्री के रूप में प्लास्टिक का इस्तेमाल बिल्कुल नहीं ...

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प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने देश से सिंगल यूज प्लास्टिक को खत्म करने का ऐलान किया है, लेकिन क्या राज्य इसके लिए तैयार हैं, केवल ...

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

सिंगल यूज प्लास्टिक प्रतिबंध पर सरकारें बेसुध, चूक सकता है 2022 का लक्ष्य : रिपोर्ट

सर्वे में यह बात सामने आई कि महिलाओं (15 फीसदी) के मुकाबले पुरुष ज्यादा (19 फीसदी) प्लास्टिक बैग का इस्तेमाल करते हैं।

प्लास्टिक मुक्त हो सकते हैं समुद्र और नदियां, वैज्ञानिकों ने बनाया नया डिग्रेडेबल प्लास्टिक

अमेरिका स्थित कॉर्नेल यूनिवर्सिटी के रसायनज्ञों ने एक नया पॉलीमर बनाया है, जो पराबैंगनी विकिरण द्वारा डिग्रेड हो सकता है

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