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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Lack of regulations, awareness leads to rampant use of polythene bags
GUWAHATI, April 30
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Gone with the ban?
It is a move that may draw flak or resistance, but when you look at the bigger picture, a ban on plastic bags and levying a tax on their use will do our surroundings a world of good.
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Eco-friendly polymers with therapeutic use
BHUBANESWAR: Call it creating wealth out of waste or innovation in converting a mere garbage material to eco-friendly polymers, the benefit is threefold: Helping the environment in manufacturing biodegradable material for a green planet, finding out ways for multiple uses of the bio-polymers with a vast array of human and scientific applications and utilising industrial byproducts.
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Call to weed out polythene
Srinagar: Academicians, administrators, students and representatives of non-governmental organisations today discussed the need to root out the problem of polythene from the Kashmir valley on the occasion of World Earth Day here.
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Anti-polythene drive launched: Now CRPF joins the gang
Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC)in association with the Trader
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CEE to launch campaign against plastic bags
Ahmedabad : A Green Generation Campaign' to create awareness about the menace of plastic bags will be launched by Centre for Environment Education (CEE) starting from Earth day on Wednesday.
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Happy Earth Day; now ban plastic bags at your home
Mumbai As the 39th anniversary of Earth Day dawns upon us, thousands of students, and government and private company employees in Mumbai will distribute nearly a lakh paper bags to their neighbourhood grocers and shopkeepers today.
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EC bans use of polythene
Kurukshetra: The Election Commission has banned the use of plastic and polythene for the preparation of posters and banners by parties and their nominees during the election campaign. All presidents and secretaries of recognised parties have been directed to follow the directions strictly.
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Himachal to use waste plastic for making roads
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh today cleared a proposal to start a pilot project adopting at least 11 road projects in the state, where waste plastic bags will be used in the construction of roads.
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COIR INDUSTRY IN DOLDRUMS FOR LACK OF COCONUT HUSKS
Thousands of families in the Southern province depending on the coir industry have lost their livelihood due to the shortage of coconut husks. They said the fragmentation of coconut estates as housing blocks and tsunami sites has resulted in this state of affairs and that the devastation caused by the tsunami further aggravated the situation.