As India ambitiously aims to eliminate the usage of single-use plastics by 2022, expert Swati Singh Sambyal from the Centre For Science and Environment weighs in her opinion on the present state, one year since the commitment was made on Environment Day 2018 ...
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Plastic Waste
Plastic Waste
Tackling the plastic pollution has been less of a priority in Asia, which is the world's biggest producer of the material - and its waste, as the problem gets more crucial, Japan wants the G20 nations to make combatting the plastic pollution a priority ...
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The National Green Tribunal was hearing a plea filed by an NGO on the use of plastic packages that highlight the adverse impact of plastic on health and environment ...
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More than 300 students collected discarded plastic items in the city as part of a cleanliness drive conducted to mark World Environment Day on June 5 ...
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While India is facing huge plastic waste crisis, its southernmost state – Kerala has come up with a solution to combat this menace ...
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As per scientists of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - National Institute of Oceanography, microplastics are plastic particles measuring less than five millimetres which can easily pass into sea and other water bodies, posing a potential threat to aquatic life ...
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To fight the increasing problem of plastic waste worldwide, various companies manufacturing beauty products vow to boycott plastic and use sustainable ingredients and packaging alternatives ...
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In a bid to tackle the increasing menace of plastic worldwide, the research team of Washington State University has developed jet fuel using a variety of waste plastic products ...
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As per the estimates of Centre Pollution Control Board, in the year 2017-2018, India was responsible for generating 6.6 lakh tonnes of plastic waste that takes thousands of years to decompose. Today, plastic is killing our planet and this recent photo of an elephant looking for food in the vacant land filled with waste is proof of the environmental crisis facing the world ...
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The National Green Tribunal had earlier directed all states and union territories except Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, and Puducherry to submit an action plan for compliance of Plastic Waste Management Rules and furnish the same to the Central Pollution Control Board by April 30, 2019 ...
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The research team conducted six studies, published in Journal of Marketing, in which they observed that the participants who saw waste being transformed, recycled more than the participants who saw a generic recycling, not involving product transformation ...
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Victor Vescovo, a retired naval officer said he made the unsettling discovery as he descended nearly 6.8 miles to a point in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench to find plastic waste ...
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