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
An awareness campaign on plastic menace, environmental pollution, solid waste management and future developmental aspects of Hunsur Town was organised by Save Our Earth Club an NGO of Hunsur in association with Vasanthkumar Mysoremath, Mysore Grahakara Parishat Member, at Arya Vysya Kalyana Mandira in Hunsur recently. In his Key-note address, Mysoremath requested the citizens of Hunsur to start
<p>The Ministry of Environment and Forests has notified the Plastic<br /> Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 to replace the earlier Recycled Plastics Manufacture and Usage Rules, 1999 (amended in 2003). These Rules have been brought out
The Supreme Court on Wednesday turned down the Centre
<p>This 8th Edition of the UN Environment Programme flagship report, the UNEP Year Book 2011, examines global emerging issues and provides the latest environmental science. It also highlights major environmental events and developments over the past year, and presents the most recent data and indicator trends.</p>
Khammam, Jan. 31: The district administration has started implementation of an action plan to curb usage of plastic products strictly in all six municipal towns across the district. In Khammam town, awareness camps are being conducted by the municipal authorities.Officials conducted inspections and imposed penalities on sale and usage of plastic covers and glasses.
THOUSANDS joined hands to form a human chain from Poozhithala to Vaidyarangadi to create awareness against plastic waste as part of the Mass Action for Plasticwastefree (Map) Kozhikode on Wednesday. Politicians, teachers, environmental activists and students came together to form the 82kilometrelong human chain to proclaim their solidarity to fight the plastic waste menace in the district. The
Under pressure from large corporate houses, environment minister Jairam Ramesh admits his ministry is in the process of reviewing all the major environmental laws of the country. Amongst the laws set to be modified are those that deal with solid waste management, air pollution and on the imposition of a ban on plastic waste.
Residents and traders in the city can expect a blanket ban on the use of polythene from February 28.
All panchayats in the district will be asked to install a Plastic Shredding Unit as part of the ongoing Mass Action for Plastic-waste-free Kozhikode, (MAP), District Collector P.B. Salim has said. Addressing newspersons at the Collectorate conference hall here on Tuesday, Dr.
Majority of the Benaulim Panchayat members were found conspicuous by their absence at a plastic collection drive organized by the Panchayat body in association with the NSS unit of Damodar College of Commerce and Economics. While around 300 college students turned up in large numbers coinciding with the National Youth Day, the absence of the panch members left the Sarpanch Carmelina Fernandes fum