Plastic overshoot day report 2024
Plastic Overshoot Day marks the point when the amount of plastic waste generated exceeds the world’s capacity to manage it, resulting in environmental pollution. In 2024, the global Plastic Overshoot Day
Plastic Overshoot Day marks the point when the amount of plastic waste generated exceeds the world’s capacity to manage it, resulting in environmental pollution. In 2024, the global Plastic Overshoot Day
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the Government is planning to develop environment-friendly townships in the coastal region of the State and promised special schemes for the developers who would participate in the initiative.
Expressing concern over the increase in pollution levels in water-bodies following immersion of idols after Durga Puja, the Pollution Control Board, Assam (PCBA) today said that no satisfactory actions were being initiated by the district administration and the local authorities concerned on the direction issued by the Board in connection with idol immersion. The PCBA every year issues a number
Kakinada, Oct.
The process for availing funds under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Development Mission (JNNURM) for Corporation of the City (CCP) has finally got moving. The sub-committee of the State Steering Committee formed for considering and approving projects to be forwarded to JNNURM has approved in- principle Solid Waste Management (SWM) plant for CCP. The proposal for SWM was pending for too long.
Mumbai A garbage disposal and processing project each at Deonar, Mulund and Kanjurmarg, for which the BMC has set aside Rs 170 crore and the Centre Rs 110 crore, are stuck with the state yet clear lease of the land to the private operators that would execute the projects. The BMC has been waiting for approval to lease the land for 25 years at Re 1 a square metre. The projects involve partial
Several hospitals in the city are not heeding to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) norms of treatment and disposal of bio-medical waste. Over 50% of the hospitals sell off their bio-medical waste such as worn out disposable syringes, saline bottles, suction pipes used for blood transfusion and glucose, scissors and urine bags to scrap dealers. According to MPCB guidelines, all h
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has taken over waste management at the Games after garbage piled up near Gate No 3 last week following confusion over roles and lack of coordination between the agencies responsible. The Delhi Waste Management Private Limited (DWML) is responsible for segregated waste at the Village, essentially managing kitchen and other biodegradable waste, all other waste i
Nayanima Basu / New Delhi October 12, 2010, 1:10 IST The government has failed to reach a consensus on the issue of setting up plastic reprocessing units in special economic zones (SEZs) and is likely to defer its decision once again in the meeting of the Board of Approval (BoA) on October 21.
Tirupati, Oct. 11: The Tirupati wildlife authorities have launched a unique social service scheme christened