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
New Delhi: The Supreme Court dismissed a petition by the All India Plastic Industries Association (AIPIA) on Friday that challenged the ban on plastic bags and their manufacturing in the capital. After an oral direction by the Delhi high court in December 2012, Delhi government had suspended prosecution under its October notification, but will now start cracking down on violations again. The environment department has said that it will come up with an action plan to restart its drive against plastic bags.
Policies for managing plastic debris are outdated and threaten the health of people and wildlife, say Chelsea M. Rochman, Mark Anthony Browne and colleagues.
Customs authorities continue to release imported plastic scrap merely on generalised letters and certificates from exporters in violation of the Import Policy Order which categorically asks for compliance
As the garbage crisis within the City continues unabated, the extent of waste strewn at the Yelahanka air base during the aero show was no less. With over 1.2 lakh people visiting the show, it was a foregone conclusion that waste management would be of utmost priority for cleaning the vicinity. However, with the swelling crowds and restricted manpower, clearing garbage seemed non sequential. “We have close to 700 workers to clear the garbage each day. But there is no way that we can provide a spic and span environment,” said a FICCI personnel in-charge of maintaining the various locations within the air base.
A section of residents of Chromepet has appealed to the State government to shut down or shift a unit that recycles plastic containers carrying hazardous waste. The group that gathered under the banner of the ‘Struggle Committee of Chamber’s Colony’ claimed the plant was a health hazard to the few hundred families in the colony. The residents, in an appeal to Municipal Chairman K.M.R. Nissar Ahmed, noted that the unit had begun functioning a few years ago as a godown to store empty and used cans of hazardous chemicals.
The Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) and Canara Plastic Manufacturers and Traders Association have come together for an environmental cause. Fostering this uneasy truce - given that they have legally engaged
‘Wake Up, Clean Up Bengaluru’, the City’s largest waste management event, started on Sunday The week-long garbage mela, jointly organised by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) and Bangalore Connect, showcases solutions to the garbage menace that has plagued the City. “To drive home the point, a replica of a landfill was created inside the Freedom Park, with garbage brought in from Mavallipura landfill,” said Dandagi Gurupad, one of the co-organisers of the event.
The Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Department of Commerce has formulated a ‘Draft Policy on Units in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) carrying on recycling of plastic scarp or waste’.
PANJIM: The Environment Minister, Alina Saldanha, Thursday said that the government will put its infrastructure in place before moving ahead with its plan of banning use of plastic bags in Goa. “There is already legislation, which prescribes fines and imprisonment for offenders and we will implement this in a phased manner after the infrastructure for segregation and re-cycling is put in place.”
Ministry of Climate Change on Thursday announced to ban the use of traditional polythene bags in Islamabad Capital Territory and introduce biodegradable and hygienic bags for commercial and domestic use.