250 organisations including many of the world's biggest packaging producers, leading consumer brands, retailers and recyclers, as well as governments and NGOs have pledged to eliminate...
The Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation conducted a drive to seize polythene in June this year and collected about 50,000 kilos of polythene, of which 200 kgs was...
With about 150 million tonnes of plastic in the world's oceans and that number is expected to triple in the next decade, the Ocean Cleanup foundation...
The plea received by National Green Tribunal alleged violation of pollution and waste management norms by the industries making shoe soles and other plastic goods
Actor Dia Mirza urged the people and leaders in Mumbai to do their bit by eradicating the use of plastic during Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations
Actor Dia Mirza said that when iconic film actors refuse single-use plastic, the impact is big and the message goes far and wide
Though several countries like US and UK have banned manufacturing of products using microplastics, no such ban exists in India
Recyclable plastics have been invented and are yet to be commercialised, but their entry in India may cause ripples in the country’s multi-billion plastic industry
An analysis paper estimated that oceans may already contain over 150 million tonnes of plastic, of which around 250,000 tonnes, fragmented into five trillion plastic pieces,...
India is the 12th biggest plastic polluter in the world. On Earth Day here’s how you can make an eco-friendly switch and ditch plastic from your...
Many businesses are now thinking of food-based answers to the global problem of plastic. A UK startup making water containers from seaweed is the latest one...
This massive floating island of plastic between California and Hawaii is growing rapidly and is now three times the size of France, a new study finds
