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
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
To reduce the plastic menace, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed to impose a
Despite reservations by Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh regarding complete ban of plastic bags in the Capital, the Delhi Government has decided to impose blanket ban on manufacture, sale, storage and usage of plastic bags.
There are limits to what even the Supreme Court of India can do to discipline Indians into more socially acceptable behaviour.
The Supreme Court will soon give its decision on whether soft drink companies like Hindustan Coca-cola Beverages (HCCB) and PepsiCo India Holdings should pay octroi on glass bottles and crates separately, despite the value of same being included in the price of the aerated beverage. A Bench headed by Justice M K Sharma has reserved its judgement on the pleas of both softdrink majors who opposed
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) is all set to crack down on sale of nonsmoking tobacco, available in plastic sachets.
New Delhi: Ignoring the Delhi high court's directions and subsequent Delhi government
In a welcome drive to mobilise public opinion and conserve the famed Corbett Tiger Reserve, a group of citizens in Ramnagar cleared over five quintals of polythene garbage from the park periphery on March 7 and 9. The cleanliness campaign was a joint initiative of local NGO, the Society for Mahseer Conservancy and officials of the Corbett Tiger Reserve.
Thiruvananthapuram: The Shanghumughom beach, one of the most favoured weekend destinations of city dwellers, is increasingly getting littered. Shards of glass from broken bottles, plastic refuse, discarded fruit-juice packets, food leftovers and waste from mobile eateries seem to have usurped the joy of walking barefoot on the sands. The urban waste is particularly hazardous to scores of chi
Kozhikode: Oxo-biodegradable plastic carry-bags and packaging materials, which offer a possible solution to the plastic menace, made their entry into the Kerala market recently. And for a district such as Kozhikode, declared plastic-waste-free by the district administration two months ago, they may help to sustain the momentum of the campaign against non-biodegradable plastic, coming as they do
The district administration is exploring ways and means to streamline usage of air horns in vehicles and the public address system in order to declare Kanyakumari as a noise-pollution-free district The Collector, Rajendra Ratnoo, said on Tuesday that even as it was a Herculean task, following the successful implementation of ban on plastic (non-degradable) materials and the zero waste managemen