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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Stationery shop owner flouts plastic ban, fined Rs 15,000
Delhi Government's move to ban plastic bags in the Capital got a boost with a city court slapping a fine of Rs 15,000 on a stationery trader for flouting the law.
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Polythene waste makes life miserable in hills
The continued apathy of the State Government and the District administration, environmental pollution has resulted in creating a situation where many mountain towns are experiencing the problem caused by epidemic proportions of polythene waste not disposed scientifically.
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Room for all Ganesha gifts them tiny treasure trove
Shyam Balasubramanian | ENS Shyam B Chennai, A bunch of young boys stood on the beach facing the sunrise. They stared in utter concentration at the point where the waves washed up against the shore. Suddenly, one of the boys dived at the ebbing wave with a loud whoop, catching the attention of his comrades.
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Not quite the light side
This film, produced by Toxic Comedy Pictures, captures the directors and crew of this independent film travelling to America's vinyl manufacturing capital and beyond in search of answers to troubling
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In the dragnet
Yet another case of dumping of banned waste in developing countries has surfaced, this time in Cambodia. In the latest crackdown, three persons were arrested for unauthorised shipping of plastic bags
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Bisephanol A in feeding bottles raises scare
Parents should have some afterthought before using hard transparent plastic bottles for feeding their babies. A panel of scientists has warned that such polycarbonated plastic bottles contain the
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no fishy treatment: A human blood clotting agent required for treating haemophilia and serious bleeding has been produced using genetically modified fish by researchers from the University of
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The dreaded latitudes
Ocean currents work magic when they help ships navigate from one place to the other or bring rain. However, together with the Horse latitudes, they also have created a new continent as big as Africa and still expanding, which may never support life because it is plain garbage, dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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High Court raps Pollution Board for failure to check plastics use
K.T. Sangameswaran CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has pulled up the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board for its failure to strictly implement the Central rules with regard to the sale and use of plastic materials.
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Environmental Group Reveals Toxic Chemicals in a Range of Consumer Items
Some tennis balls for dogs, chew toys for cats and women