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
Air pollution levels will be monitored at as many as 14 locations in the city this Bhogi by Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). This would be five more than last year and the decision to increase
Collection of plastic wastes from the public, as part of a campaign launched by Tiruchi Corporation, began at the temple town of Srirangam on Wednesday, on the eve of Vaikunda Ekadasi. The campaign includes a lucky dip through which prizes, including gold, silver coins and LED bulbs, are to be awarded to people handing over plastic wastes from public places or from their households to the civic authorities.
Burning of plastic waste on waysides and public spaces has become a common sight in the city which is reeling under a severe garbage disposal crisis. With the Vilappilsala solid waste treatment plant
The Suchitwa Mission has recommended setting up at Brahmapuram a mega plant capable of processing about 500 tonnes of municipal solid waste generated daily in Kochi corporation areas and nearby municipalities.
The unused land of the FACT should be utilised for setting up a waste treatment plant, which can produce organic manure, suggested L.N. Sethumadhavan, a former member of the committee which drafted the
There is a debate raging over the government’s reported plan to install a diesel plant, considering billions of rupees needed to import fuel to run the facility. Advocates of hydropower say, at a time
In collaboration with State Trading Organization (STO), Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO) and Bright Brothers (AGORA), Ministry of Housing and Environment is organizing a second phase of ‘No
March 15, 2011 was the deadline to stop the use of polythene carry bags less than 40 microns in thickness. But nine months down the line, the ban is far from being implemented in all seriousness. BBMP technical staff were to inspect shops and impose fines on violators.
Around 25,000 low-income homes in the Philippines have been lit up after the launch of a scheme to fit sunlight-powered "bulbs" made from old plastic bottles. The scheme uses plastic bottles filled
Plastic carry bags below the prescribed quality are soon to be banned in Kochi Corporation. Carry bags made out of the non-degradable material are causing environmental hazards, including water logging,