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
Plastics
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Minister gets tough with polluting units
Water polluting industries in the state will no longer have the advantage of personal hearings to
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Women SHG sets up Rs 1 cr industrial unit
Pune In probably the first of its kind move in Pune, a women self-help group has set up a polythene bag producing industrial unit with an investment of Rs one crore. Set up by the Swamini Mahila Bachat Gat Akhil Mahasangh, Yamuna Nagar, it will be inaugurated by Shirur MP Shivaji Adhalrao Patil on Thursday. The unit promises to provide employment to 70 women.
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Civic panel decides to ban plastic in city
Pune Other decisions include only 20 per cent hike in skysign rates, Rs 276 crore loan to be raised
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Make Elephanta plastic-free, environment minister tells gram panchayat
Mumbai In an effort to make the Elephanta Island
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Enforce ban on plastic bags in Haryana
CHANDIGARH: Haryana Minister of State for Environment and Forests Kiran Choudhry on Tuesday directed all regional officers of the State Pollution Control Board to strictly enforce the ban on use of plastic bags in the State and launch prosecution against the violators.
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IOB launches campaign to combat plastic menace
Over 2,000 eco-friendly bags distributed For a cause: Executive Director, IOB, G.Narayanan, distributing eco-friendly bags at the flower show in Udhagamadala on Sunday.
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Hard plastic bottles leak chemical into body, study finds
A Harvard University study supports what many public health specialists have long assumed: Hard plastic drinking bottles containing bisphenol A are leaching notable amounts of the controversial chemical into people's bodies.
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Govt for strict plastic bag ban
The government has issued fresh instructions to its officials to strictly enforce the ban on plastic bags in the capital Delhi government has issued fresh instructions to its officials to strictly enforce the ban on plastic bags across the capital.
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HC refuses interim stay on plastic bag ban
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to grant an interim stay on the January 7 notification, banning plastic bags from public places in the Capital.
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High Court refuses stay on polybag ban
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to grant an interim stay on a Delhi Government notification imposing a complete ban on use of plastic bags in the Capital. The All-India Plastic Industries