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
Residents have dubbed Thane as a “garbage city” since it generates nearly 92,000 kg of plastic trash daily and there is little scope proper disposal. The city’s population has crossed the 20-lakh
The municipal authorities seized and destroyed plastic bags and packaging material less than 40 microns at the end of a day-long sudden inspection in various shops in the town on Friday. About 300 kg of
Court also orders nuclear company to pay £72,000 costs for mistake which sent low-level waste to wrong site The nuclear company Sellafield Ltd has been fined £700,000 and ordered to pay more than £72,000
Use of plastic bags in shops and supermarkets in the city is still prevalent. The civic body imposed a ban on plastic bags up to 40 microns in May 2011. The use of plastic bags from petty shops to supermarkets
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has banned the use of plastic bags in the city from Saturday. The decision was taken because the polythene bags weighing less than 35 microns were not appropriate
A Jammu and Kashmir Assembly committee on Tuesday recommended a complete ban on the use of polythene throughout the State. “Detailed discussion was held on the use of polythene and the committee stressed on a complete ban on the use of polythene in every nook and corner of the State,” a State Government spokesman said after a meeting of the committee here.
With biomedical waste treatment becoming a major issue in city apartments, the Kochi-chapter of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (Credai) has decided to launch a project
Manufacturers, traders and consumers of plastic bags and plastic packaging material have asked the authorities to limit the enforcement of 40 micron plastic bags only to ‘Carry bags’ as envisaged in the
The dumping of waste material outside a scrap yard at Bethora-Ponda has angered the Jana Seva Sangh, amid fears that the waste could have an adverse impact on the environment. According to reports,
Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a cement company to use the plastic waste generated across the state, as fuel for its manufacturing plant. Vasavdatta Cement, a company with its plant in Karnataka, would be procuring the plastic waste collected by the state agencies and village panchayats from Goa.