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
Karachi—Polythene bags the greatest polluters of the environment causing serious sewerage problems as well they could be replaced only when the paper bags are made affordable. Although the authorities
CORTALIM: Seeking a holistic approach to the garbage menace plaguing their villages, the Cortalim-Quelossim Panchayat organised a special gram sabha to discuss ways and means to rid the villages of garbage.
The latest report of the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee has calculated that on an average a mountaineer left behind 65 kg of burnable trash in the Everest region in 2013. In 2012, trash per Everest
Millions of people are unwittingly pouring hundreds of tonnes of tiny plastic beads down the drain. These can persist in the environment for more than 100 years, and have been found to contaminate a wide
Waste dumped at landfill sites represents a growing threat to poor communities in Tunisia, polluting air and water supplies Salah Darghouth's frustration is visible. "You see that guy working on the
Green cleaning brand Ecover to unveil packaging innovation to highlight long-term dangers of dumping plastic in ocean The world's first washing-up liquid bottle made from reclaimed ocean plastic is
Next time you shampoo or clean your teeth, you may inadvertently be contributing to a spreading scourge of the world’s oceans. Many daily-use products contain tiny beads of plastic that are often too
Mounds of plastic in bags, litter lying in a corner nearby and storm water drains clogged with refuse. The popular tourist spot in the city with the right ambience for recreation had become an eye sore.
The City Council voted overwhelmingly in favor of a partial plastic bag ban in Chicago on Wednesday, the Chicago Tribune reports. The proposal was backed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and passed with a vote of
The Danish MEP Margrete Auken is a politician who likes her stats. In a recent four-minute speech to the European Parliament, she squeezed in three examples: 70% of marine pollution is caused by plastic;