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
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Unwrap our earth: public perspective and demand toward plastic pollution crisis in Indonesia
This report is aimed at examining the issue of single use plastic in Indonesia. The public’s behavior, the role of manufacturers and governmental policies will all be considered. Plastic has now become
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Report by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board on pollution of river Periyar due to the industrial clusters of Greater Kochi, 22/02/2021
<p>Report filed by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board, Senior Environmental Engineer, Environmental Surveillance Centre, Eloor, Ernakulam dated 22/02/2021. The report was the assessment of efficiency
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Stronger together: the role of regional instruments in strengthening global governance of marine plastic pollution
Regional instruments can help strengthen the global governance of marine plastic pollution, including by contributing to a possible new global agreement, explains a report published by the Institute for
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Exploring the avenues for plastic waste management
The recent study conducted by UNDP Accelerator Lab Nepal in 2020 shows that, urban areas altogether generate above 350 tons of plastic waste every day, threatening the natural ecosystem and human health.
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Order of the High Court of Kerala regarding ban on the use of compostable plastic, 16/02/2021
<p>Order of the High Court of Kerala in the matter of Dr. Vasundhara Menon & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/02/2021.</p> <p>The matter related to ban on the use of compostable plastic
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Tackling plastic pollution: legislative guide for the regulation of single-use plastic products
Single-use plastic products are increasingly regulated by Governments concerned about the environmental, social, health or other impacts of plastic waste and pollution. This guide is a tool to help legislators
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Confronting the plastic pollution pandemic
Fossil fuel-based plastic is a ubiquitous commodity, which disintegrates over hundreds of years but never fully degrades. The United Nations has taken notable measures to address plastic pollution since
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Water pollution by plastics and microplastics: A review of technical solutions from source to sea
“Water pollution by plastics and microplastics: A review of technical solutions from source to sea,” composed of a toolkit and catalogue, has been jointly developed by the United Nations Environment Programme
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Catalogue of technologies to address the risks of contamination of water bodies with plastics and microplastics
In this catalogue there are brief descriptions of technologies that can be implemented to address the contamination of water bodies by plastics and microplastics. For each technology the information provided
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The new plastics economy global commitment 2020 progress report
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) have today published their second annual New Plastics Economy Global Commitment Progress report, together with detailed data on the progress