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
Processing at source may be made mandatory Kerala may be in for stringent legislation on waste management as waste remains a major environmental and health hazard in the State. The Legislature Committee on Environment recommended in its report submitted early this year that law should be brought to make waste processing mandatory at the source itself. Housing colonies, hotels and restaurants, resorts, hospitals, hostels, slaughterhouses, and markets should not be allowed to function if they failed to treat their waste.
SHILLONG: People’s strive to make Shillong a plastic-free city was noticed at Khyndai Lad here on Saturday where a large number of people were seen participating in the street demonstration at Police Bazar organised by the Partners of Pla (PP) Iew Club.
As the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) could not find a place for the construction of a new Solid Landfill Site (SLF) to dump the city’s garbage, the civic body has decided on remediation of waste
Parks were supposed to add beauty to the city, but most have now become dumping grounds of waste products. Many small parks, not frequented by people, have turned into huge litter bins by daily markets,
JAIPUR: On June 10th this year, a girl died because of fire that broke out in a chemical factory-cum-house at Baba Harish Chandra Marg. After a gap of four months on October 9 another major fire incident
Even 11 years after the Supreme Court laid down guidelines for management of municipal solid waste (MSW Rules 2000), the GHMC is yet to start scientific disposal of garbage. GHMC is now making extra efforts
SHILLONG: Meghalaya is all to replace plastic bags with eco-friendly hand-woven bags called “Pla Iew” and “Sla” or leaves. The unrestraint use of plastic bags has created a havoc in the State creating
SHILLONG, Oct 9 – In a first-of-its-kind in the Northeastern region, bitumen and waste plastic will be used in road construction in Shillong using a technology known for its durability, especially in extreme
New Delhi: As Durga idols slowly sank into the Yamuna, nostalgia hung heavy and so was an overbearing stench over the ghats. The muddy, smelly waters along the Kalindi Kunj ghat were choked as hundreds
Shillong: In a first-of-its-kind in the Northeastern region, bitumen and waste plastic will be used in road construction in Shillong using a technology known for its durability, especially in extreme weather