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
Cost of transporting mixed garbage is high and segregating it at source could reduce cost by 30 per cent, says former KSPCB chairman H.C. Sharat Chandra There is a viewpoint that there is no need to segregate waste at source into wet and dry as technology can manage mixed garbage but the method is expensive, said H.C. Sharat Chandra, former chairman, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB). He was speaking at CanPlast2013, a seminar on solid waste management and plastic recycling organised by Canara Plastic Manufacturers Association in the city on Monday.
Over 40 tonnes of undeclared waste plastics have been returned overseas and a total of 200 tonnes of hazardous zinc tailings innocuously disposed, according to Qingdao customs in east China's Shandong
Young children are at risk of serious health problems from toxic materials found in toys widely available in the capital city. A recent study, undertaken by the Environment and Social Development Organisation,
Letter from Indian Drug Manufacturers' Association regarding banning of PET bottles for medicines, 20/12/2013. The letter says that the "DTAB recommendations are unjust as they seem to be based on neither
We've long known that the fish we eat are exposed to toxic chemicals in the rivers, bays and oceans they inhabit. The substance that's gotten the most attention — because it has shown up at disturbingly
It is not uncommon to see polythene waste lying in the tourist towns of Himachal Pradesh. While the use of polythene is continuing in the state despite ban, its proper disposal without harming the environment
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Satish Kumar Vs Union of India & Others dated 12/12/2013 regarding environmental pollution caused by burning of plastic, leather, rubber, motor
Study finds lugworm to be low on energy Microplastic particles, measuring less than 5mm in size, have been accumulating in the oceans since the 1960s and are now the most abundant form of solid-waste pollution on Earth.
कानपुर, नगर प्रतिनिधि: पॉलीथिन के लिए सुप्रीम कोर्ट के सख्त आदेशों के बावजूद शहर में पॉलीथिन की बिक्री रुक नहीं रही। मॉल हो या बाजार हर जगह पॉलीथिन का प्रयोग है। कार्रवाई की गेंद प्रदूषण नियंत्रण विभाग
Garbage generated in Gonikoppa ends up on the banks of river Keere, causing irreversible damage to the environment. If the situation continues, then the river might become extinct from the scene in the