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
The 85 Coca-Cola trucks in the city that deliver soft drink bottles to your neighbourhood store will not belch black smoke any more. Their engines have been changed to use CNG, with the first three trucks of the new
The use and sale of plastic bags have been banned in Madikeri. Those merchants who violate the rule will be fined, warned Town Municipal Council President P D Ponnappa.
The Punjab government has decided to ban the use of polythene bags in the state. The government has proposed that Punjab would be made a plastic free state to protect the environment. The government has enacted the Punjab Plastic Carry Bag (Manufacture, Usage and Disposal ), Act, 2005, which was notified on November 16, 2005.
The Ministry of Environment and Forests will consider providing subsidies to biodegradable plastic bag manufacturers in light of the ban on plastic bags in Delhi.
Commercial progress in Nanotechnology requires standards, based on science and engineering and is of paramount importance to network with all stakeholders to promote initiatives and technology to industry to add value, said Small and Medium Enterprise Developers (SMED) Director, Renuka Herath.
Pushing Paper Bags Will Only Lead To More Cutting Of Trees, Says Minister TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The government made it clear that it is not in favour of a blanket ban on using plastic bags while it is working on use of biodegradable plastic as colouring elements like dyes are a health hazard and thin bags and material can severely jam up sewage systems.
July 8: Union minister of state for environment Jairam Ramesh has said that there is nothing wrong with the use of plastic bags. However, he has qualified it by also stating that it is the use of recycled plastic and coloured plastic which is dangerous.
After the state government imposed a ban on polythene, the union of polythene bags manufacturers and traders said more than 50 industrial units in the business of manufacturing these bags have closed down, rendering more than 15,000 workers jobless.
S.Aishwarya Catching up: Trendy cloth bags are being promoted as an alternative to plastic bags. CHENNAI: Every time you walk out of a shopping mall lugging a bag of your purchase, have you ever wondered that your plastic shopping bag can cause permanent damage to the environment?