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
CHENNAI: In a bid to focus on environmental sustainability and realise the objectives of Vision 2023, the environment and forest department’s draft state environment policy is looking at strategies to
MARADU: The Municipality here launched the second phase called ‘Plastic Waste-free Maradu’ under its ‘Clean City’ drive on Tuesday. The attempts are to free the municipality area from the plastic waste. As part of the initiative, the Municipality workers will collect the plastic wastes from the houses as well as the public places. According to Maradu Municipal Chairman T K Devarajan, the second phase of the Clean City drive is being implemented through Kudumbasree units.
Officials Blame Process Of Penalizing, Lax Implementation For Ban’s Failure. New Delhi: In 2009, the Delhi government launched an ambitious programme to rid the city of plastic bags. Having failed to
New Delhi: Three years after the use of plastic bags was banned, white thin plastic covers continue to proliferate in city markets. Though major book stores and coffee outlets switched to paper bags after
The vast swirl of plastic waste floating in the North Pacific has grown 100-fold over the last 40 years, according to a research paper published Wednesday. And scientists warned the killer soup of microplastic
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a petition seeking total ban on the use and manufacturing of plastic bags throughout the country while citing the example of some states which had successfully implemented such a ban. The notice was issued on a PIL by NGO, Karuna, the Society for Animals and Nature, raising various environment related issues arising out of the large-scale use of plastic bags.
New Delhi: Excessive use of plastic bags and their unregulated disposal has been choking lakes, ponds and sewage systems, the Supreme Court said on Monday while warning that it posed a threat more serious
AJMER: Wildlife census in the district began on Sunday morning and teams of forest department went to about 150 water holes to identify animals in different regions. In the first six hours of the census, small animals including snakes and cobras were spotted, but no trace of panther is found in jungles. There is a possibility of panthers being in Jawaja, Pushkar and old Beawar forest regions. For the last four years, panthers have not been reported in the census, but there are reports of attacks by the beast in some regions.
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and plastic bag manufacturing companies on a plea seeking complete ban on usage of plastic bags in the country. A bench headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi also sought the government’s response on the plea to put in place a proper mechanism for disposal of used plastic bags. The apex court passed the order on a PIL filed by a NGO, Karuna Society, seeking its direction to government to ban the use of plastic bags.
Junk must be deposited with authorised recyclers The State government is all set to issue the e-waste guidelines in the next two weeks, with the Electronic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011, coming into effect from May 1. Highly placed sources told Deccan Herald that even though the guidelines were supposed to be introduced soon after notification of the Act, it has been delayed as the government took time for consultation with stakeholders and NGOs.