All posts tagged "Plastic"
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News3 months agoEnvironment Ministry Notifies Guidelines On ‘Extended Producer Responsibility’ For Plastic Packaging
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...
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News3 months ago
India Committed To Eliminating Single-use Plastic, Says PM Modi At One Ocean Summit
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...
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News5 months ago
Study Finds More Microbes Can Degrade Plastics At Heavy Plastic Pollution Places
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
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News5 months ago
India’s Plastic Waste Generation More Than Doubled In 5 Years: Centre
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
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News10 months agoPlastic Sticks Used In Balloons, Candies, Ice-Cream May Be Banned By January 1, 2022: Government
Single-use plastic (including polystyrene and expanded polystyrene) items like plates, cups, glasses, forks, straw, container, plastic/PVC banners less than 100 microns and stirrers are expected to...
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News10 months ago
Over 34 Lakh Tonnes Of Plastic Waste Generated In Financial Year 2019-20: Government
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...
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Goa1 year ago
A Study Conducted In Goa Flags Alarming Levels Of Microplastics In Seafood
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...
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News1 year ago
Plastic Is Killing Humanity, With This Message, Deathbeds Made Out Of Single-use Plastic Have Been Installed In Rishikesh
In Rishikesh, an art installation of three deathbeds have been built using over 3,000 single-use plastic bottles, wrappers, and containers
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News1 year ago
Resolve To Make India Free From Single-Use Plastic: PM Narendra Modi On Mann Ki Baat
Addressing the nation through 72nd edition of his monthly radio programme, PM Modi made a clarion call to make the country free of single-use plastic
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News1 year ago
Among Seafood Highest Levels Of Microplastics Found In Molluscs: Study
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...
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Environment2 years ago
Kerala Youngsters Build Waiting Shed With Used Plastic Bottles, Sheets And Tyres
Named as Bottle Hub, the shed at the bus stop at Kinar near Thrippunithura in Kerala has been built by the members of a recreational club,...
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News2 years ago
Amazon, Flipkart Need To Collect Plastic Packaging Waste Generated By Them: Central Pollution Control Board
According to the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, primary responsibility for collection of used multi-layered plastic sachet or pouches or packaging is of producers, importers and...
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