Plastic overshoot day report 2024
Plastic Overshoot Day marks the point when the amount of plastic waste generated exceeds the world’s capacity to manage it, resulting in environmental pollution. In 2024, the global Plastic Overshoot Day
Plastics
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Vistara to stop giving 200ml plastic water bottles to flyers
Vistara will stop giving plastic water bottles on board its flights, in a bid to reduce plastic usage. The airline, which had earlier banned chewing of gutka on its flights, on Wednesday said it “plans
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NGT order goes for a toss, use of polythene during kanwar yatra continues in Haridwar
Haridwar: Despite the National Green Tribunal's (NGTs) ban on the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags in the pilgrim cities of Haridwar and Rishikesh, the use of polythene bags is going on unabated in
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NGT Karnataka chief tells Mayor to implement plastic ban from September 1
There should be 100% implementation of the plastic ban from September 1. This was the direction of Subhash B. Adi, who heads the Karnataka chapter of the National Green Tribunal, to Mayor Gangambike Mallikarjun.
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Residents fume as plastic scrap burns in open fields
Illegal melting units too a menace A few minutes past midnight, a fire starts on a plot, fenced off with bamboo sticks, in the middle of a field in Kanonda village in Haryana. A mound of wrappers, spread
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BBMP plans road show against POP idols
BENGALURU: Mayor Gangambike Mallikarjun on Wednesday held a detailed discussion with heads of various schools and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials from Bengaluru west to spread awareness
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Policy approaches to incentivise sustainable plastic design
Plastics are an important material in the economy but present a challenge for waste management, resource efficiency and the environment. Low rates of recycling and high rates of environmental leakage represent
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MP Preneet kicks off drive to make city plastic-free
To make Patiala plastic-free city, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) in association with the Municipal Corporation today launched a clean-up drive ‘Swachhta Shramdaan’. The PPCB officials and
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Trichy hosts plastic-free Tamil Nadu conference
TRICHY: A state-level conference to discuss the ill-effects of plastics on environment was held on the National College campus here on Sunday. The daylong conference was organised by Trichy, Perambalur
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CPCB pulls up 52 firms over handling of waste
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has pulled up 52 companies — including Amazon, Flipkart, Danone Foods and Beverages and Patanjali Ayurved Limited — for not specifying a timeline or a plan
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Minister: Egypt’s Environment Ministry seeks to replace plastic bags
Egypt’s Minister of Environment Yasmin Fouad announced on Sunday that the ministry has begun work on phasing out plastic bags due to the environmental danger they pose, adding that hypermarkets have already