All urban local bodies have been requested to take stock of the quantity of waste generated every day in the households, commercial establishments, markets, schools, and...
With an increase in tourism activities in the state, heaps of plastic waste and garbage have been seen piled up on the stretch leading to Kedarnath,...
The partnership will bring together Maharashtra's leading policy-makers, business leaders, civil society organisations and experts to formulate a state-level plan to eradicate plastic pollution
The company recognises that it is important to start promoting biodegradable and other non-plastic alternatives to make them become as affordable and available as plastic is...
21-year-old Rahul Pareek, a student of K. C. Das Commerce College in Guwahati creates portraits using electronic waste including old keypad phones, wires, and motherboard
45-year-old Sunil Vyas uses old newspapers, cardboard, wooden and plastic waste for creating art pieces with an aim to contribute to Indore’s efforts to maintain its...
According to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the guidelines on extended producer responsibility coupled with the prohibition of identified single-use plastic items are...
Speaking at One Ocean Summit, PM Modi said that he has directed the Indian Navy to contribute 100 ship-days this year to cleaning plastic waste from...
Dr. Margaret Montgomery, WHO’s WASH Technical Officer explains how medical waste can impact health
Some 87,000 tonnes of personal protective equipment (PPE), or the equivalent of the weight of several hundred blue whales, was ordered via a UN portal up...
Last month, the DCGI had granted emergency use authorisation to indigenously-developed Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for children above 12 years with certain conditions.
According to new research, the number of microbial enzymes with the ability to degrade plastic is growing, in correlation with local levels of plastic pollution
Researchers investigated the occurrence of emerging hindered phenol antioxidants (HPAs) and sulphur antioxidants (SAs) in dust from e-waste recycling centres - workshops where large amounts of...
The Centre said that more than 34 lakh tons of plastic waste was generated in 2019-20 and 30.59 lakh tons in 2018-19
The UNDP programme, which began in 2018, has so far collected 83,000 metric tonne of plastic waste. India generates about 3.4 million tonnes of plastic waste...