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
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Smaller crowd but bigger garbage collection
The Environment Ministry said that of 1,730 kilogrammes of garbage collected in Anuradhapura during the Poson season, the major components were plastic and polythene. It was the highest garbage collection even though fewer pilgrims participated, Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said. There were also 104 kilogrammes of polythene and plastic collected in the Polonnaruwa sacred city.
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Return of polythene poses threat to environment
The increasing use of polythene bags are causing a serious threat to environment and creating hazards to public health in the capital city. Shoppers are seen carrying commodities in polythene bags from markets despite a ban on it imposed by the government. Lack of awareness among the mass on the demerits of using polythene bags and irregular application of laws are widely responsible for indiscriminate use of polythene bags in urban and rural markets, said environmental experts. City's environment is now in dire peril due to massive use of polythene, they opined.
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No plus points for plastic
Scientific studies increasingly show that plastic is harmful on our bodies, and on environment. Here's why you should minimise its use in daily life SUMMARY OF THE BEST ARTICLES FROM AROUND THE WORLD There is no doubt that plastic does tremendous harm to our bodies and our environment. And the best way to help both is to cut down on its use, says a recent article in Time magazine. But it's not as simple as it sounds. For there is little available in the market today that does not contain plastic in some form.
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Govt may open gates to plastic scrap imports
THE government is discussing a proposal from 22,000 plastic processing units in the country to import a cheap raw material alternative
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Anti-plastic drive gets DRDO push
Organisation to share technology on creating bags using husk with the Bharathiar University Coimbatore THE Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is likely to share the knowhow on manufacturing bio-degradable bags, using husk as an alternative to plastic, with Bharathiar University (BU). The interesting fact came to light in the first senate meeting of the current academic year at BU, held on the varsity campus on Friday.
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Migration of bisphenol A into water from polycarbonate baby bottles during microwave heating
A comprehensive migration database was established for bisphenol A from polycarbonate baby bottles into water during exposure to microwave heating. Eighteen different brands of polycarbonate baby bottles
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A bagful of hazard
It is an innocuous practice in offices in Uttar Pradesh to order tea from the nearest roadside dhaba. What is not so innocuous is how the tea is carried to these offices
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Plastics Helping Meet India's Packaging Needs
A study by Mckensey estimates that 30-40 per cent of agricultural produce in India goes waste, which amounts to a whopping Rs. 12,000 crore annually. One only has to look at the way the entire supply chain of food production and its distribution is handled. OUR POLYMERS BUREAU
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Jute industry wants action against Bengal mills for Packaging Act violation
The jute industry has requested the Jute Commissioner's Office (JCO) to initiate stringent action against the West Bengal rice millers for packing non-levy rice in high-density polyethylene (HDPE) bags instead of the mandatory jute bags. Rice mills in the districts of Bankura and Burdwan in West Bengal have been accused of blatantly violating Section 5 of the Jute Packaging Materials Act (JPMA) of 1987 and have been using 50 kg polypropylene sacks for brands such as Double Rose, Mayur and Butterfly.
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Soon at Sinhagad: Carry plastic bottles, pay a price
Visiting the historic Sinhagad, one of the most favoured hangout of Puneites, will now come with a price, if you carry plastic items along. As an effort to curb the environmental pollution caused by plastic, visitors will be made to pay a penalty in the range of Rs 50 to Rs 100, if he or she is seen carrying plastic bags or bottles. "If the visitor, on his return from the fort, is found carrying less plastic than what he took along, the deposit amount will be kept as penalty,' said State Forest Minister Babanrao Pachpute, who was in the city for a hearing at Council Hall, on Monday.