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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Where is the value in the chain?: pathways out of plastic pollution
Plastics have been a development driver for decades but have turned into a development problem due to their omnipresence in the environment. Marine litter and plastic pollution have attracted much attention
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Model Goa Municipal Plastic Waste Management Byelaws, 2022
The Department of Urban Development, Goa on 19th May 2022, has published the Model Goa Municipal Plastic Waste Management Byelaws, 2022 which shall apply to every waste generator, manufacturer, producer,
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environmental norms by SML Films Industries, Ichchapore, GIDC, Surat, Gujarat, 09/05/2022
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Paryavaran Mitra Vs State of Gujarat dated 09/05/2022.</p> <p>Grievance in the application is against violation of environmental norms by SML Films
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Report on alternative products and technologies to plastics and their applications
To encourage use of alternatives of plastics, government think-tank NITI Aayog has suggested strengthening waste minimisation through extended producer responsibility, proper labelling and collection of
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Plastic waste management and recycling in Mombasa, Kenya
Plastic waste management and recycling activities have the potential to reduce the environmental impacts of plastic production and to tap the economic value of would-be waste materials through circular
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End plastic pollution: towards an international legally binding instrument- draft resolution
<p>Heads of State, Ministers of environment and other representatives from 175 nations endorsed a historic resolution at the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) in Nairobi to end plastic pollution and forge an international legally binding agreement by 2024. The resolution addresses the full lifecycle of plastic, including its production, design and disposal.</p>
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Get CLEAN and GREEN: solid and plastic waste management in Lao PDR
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (the Lao PDR) economy has been growing fast in recent decades. Between 1990 and 2019 gross domestic product (GDP) increased by an average annual rate of 6.8 percent
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The circular plastics economy in Mozambique: challenges and opportunities
The World Bank Group developed the Mozambique problue program (MozAzul) to provide comprehensive technical assistance to the Government of Mozambique on the blue economy agenda. The objective of the MozAzul
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Guidelines on extended producer responsibility for plastic packaging
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the Guidelines on Extended Producers Responsibility on plastic packaging under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016. The guidelines on
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Impacts of plastic pollution in the oceans on marine species, biodiversity and ecosystems
Commissioned by WWF and conducted by the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, the report “Impacts of plastic pollution in the oceans on marine species, biodiversity