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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Earth Hour: Iconic landmarks across the world switch off lights to highlight climate change
Landmarks in nations across the world, from Samoa to the UK, were plunged into darkness on Saturday as activists marked Earth Hour. The initiative, which is aimed at raising awareness about climate
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New York passes Manhattan congestion charge and plastic bag ban
Drivers traveling into the busiest sections of Manhattan will be subject to a congestion charge starting in 2021 and single-use plastic bags will be banned across New York state in less than a year, under
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Potential of fungi isolated from the dumping sites mangrove rhizosphere soil to degrade polythene
<p>Polythene is the most widely used plastic around the globe. Among the total plastic waste generated, polythene contributes the maximum share (64%).<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/rhizosphere-soil-Avicennia-fungi.pdf"
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Bengaluru: HSR Layout residents steel up to reduce plastic menace
A group of over 100 residents of HSR Layout has been undertaking initiatives such as waste clean-up drives and environment awareness programmes to improve the neighbourhood. BENGALURU : Hasiru Mithra,
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Kenya to Benefit From Sh3.8 Billion Coca-Cola PET Recycling Project
Nairobi — Kenya is amongst the countries in Africa set to benefit from a Sh3.8 billion fund from Coca-Cola to stimulate plastic recycling industries and create awareness on plastic waste pollution.
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HC seeks progress report in PIL on polythene waste & sewer draining into Ganga
Hearing on a petition regarding plastic waste and draining of sewer water in the Ganga river at Har ki Paidi in Haridwa, the High Court of Uttarakhand has directed the municipal corporation of Haridwar
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CPCC calls upon people to stop using polythene bags
CHANDIGARH: Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC) has called upon people of the city to abdicate polythene use for the sake of protecting environment of the city. Member secretary, TC Nautiyal
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Do not burn plastic in bonfire on eve of Holi
PATNA: Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) has appealed to the residents to avoid burning polythene bags, plastic sacks and other non-combustible items during Holika Dahan, which is a traditional
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Ockhi brought a surge of microplastics, says study
‘Fishes consume the particles, which in turn reach humans’ Cyclone Ockhi which claimed more than 200 lives in Kerala and unleashed destruction of property in the coastal areas in 2017 has also led to
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Time to say goodbye to single use plastics
While Ahmedabad was ranked as India’s sixth cleanest city in the Swachh Survekshan survey, dumping sites and landfills in and around Ahmedabad have been overflowing with garbage, most of which is nonbiodegradable.