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
U.S.-funded incinerators in Afghanistan unused, inspector general says Batteries, plastics, tires and aerosol cans tossed into open burn pits in Afghanistan, report says Although the U.S. has spent millions
The once perennial Cauvery river is turning into an eyesore with several places polluted completely. Officials say this is largely due to with the increasing number of devotees and the public who wash
Trichy: Though biomedical waste management was made mandatory for all government and private hospitals in India, many still fall behind in segregating hazardous waste from general garbage leading to the
There's less than expected on the surface. Scientists are trying to find where in the ocean it's gone. Their work, published this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, did find
Washington DC is giving foam carry-out containers the boot in an effort to make the city more sustainable. The DC Council on Monday approved the ban as part of a broader environmental package introduced
The UK is losing £1.7bn worth of recyclable and reusable products each year because its recycling system is disjointed, according to a new report. Outdated policy means that a plastic bottle discarded
The number of single-use plastic bags handed out to shoppers by UK supermarkets has risen for the fourth year running, according to new figures for WRAP. A total of 8.3bn single-use carrier bags were
This policy framework is intended as a guide to assist states in developing their own policies for solid and liquid waste management in rural areas. As such, it does not prescribe what should be in the
Hailakandi district administration has put a ban on polythene bags. Considering the harmful effects and in pursuance to the environment protection Act, the administration prohibited the use of the polythene
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand's capital will see a blanket ban on the use of polythene bags by July 17, and violators will have to cough up steep spot fine of up to Rs 5,000. An order to this effect was passed