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...
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...
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated more than eight million tonnes of plastic waste globally, with over 25,000 tonnes of it entering the oceans, according to a...
As part of its larger vision for a cleaner and greener environment, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) on Monday had launched 'Pollution Mitigation Action Plan...
In the year 2019-20, India generated an annual waste of 34,69,780 tonnes of plastic waste while in 2018-19 it was 33,60,043 tonnes and in 2017-18 it...
Manveer Singh started innovative eco-friendly work in April 2018, has till now sold three artworks overseas – two in Abu Dhabi and one in Germany
World Oceans Day 2021: Padma Shree awardee and sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sculpture featuring the marine life at Puri beach in Odisha
In order to recycle plastics, Tripura has built a road made of plastic waste as a pilot project
The study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, may help develop better policies to improve the air quality and visibility in North India, say experts
The study, led by senior scientist Dr Mahua Saha, indicated presence of microplastics in water, sediment and biota (local animal and plant life) from the Sal...
In Rishikesh, an art installation of three deathbeds have been built using over 3,000 single-use plastic bottles, wrappers, and containers
In order to investigate the levels of microplastic contamination globally in fish and shellfish, the researchers observed more than fifty studies between the years 2014 and...