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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South Africa: Drinking Water Contaminated With Micro Plastic Pollution in Gauteng
Drinking water in Johannesburg and Tshwane is polluted with microplastics, a new study has found. Substantial amounts of microplastics - bits of plastics less that 5mm in size - were found in the tap
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Taj Mahal precinct should be declared a no-plastic zone: UP Govt to SC
Pulled up by the Supreme Court for failure to take appropriate measures to preserve the historic Taj Mahal, the Uttar Pradesh Government on Tuesday said the entire precinct of the “monument of love” should
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Trash heroes and scavenger apps battle Bali ‘garbage emergency’
Five years ago, tour guide Wayan Aksara noticed that more and more visitors he showed around the Indonesian island of Bali were complaining about garbage on its once-pristine beaches. Bali’s mounting
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Mumbai: Anti-pollution body vets PET bottles reuse units
After the state government made it mandatory for packaged water manufacturers to start a buyback mechanism and recycle used bottles, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has started auditing
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Green protocol: Kunnathunadu set to be plastic-free panchayat
KOCHI: As a first step towards embracing green protocol, spearheaded by Haritha Keralam Mission (HKM) and to put an end to the mounting garbage menace, officials with Kunnathunadu panchayat in Ernakulam,
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UP governor pass ordinance for banning plastic below 50 microns
Uttar Pradesh governor Ram Naik on Sunday promulgated the ordinance ``UP plastic and other bio degradable (regulation of use and disposal) (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 banning the use of plastic in the state.
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How ready are we to live without plastic items?
Are you ready to face a sudden ban on all single use plastic items “See how I had to stuff the fruits in the basket of my scooter? Fruit vendors are no longer giving single-use plastic bags,” complained
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Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling
For months, a major recycling facility for the greater Baltimore-Washington area has been facing a big problem: it has to pay to get rid of huge amounts of paper and plastic it would normally sell to China.
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CM Naveen Patnaik orders ban on plastic ban in Odisha from October 2
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced a ban on the use of plastic in the state from October 2, on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. In the first phase, plastic will be banned
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Himachal Pradesh imposes complete ban on plastic polythene
SHIMLA: The local traders have welcomed the Himachal Pradesh government's recent notification of banning the use and sale of thermocol cutlery across the state. To save the environment from degradation,