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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Zanzibar bars import, production, use and sale of plastic bags
The island of Zanzibar, off the coast of Tanzania, has banned the import, production, use and sale of plastic bags below 30 microns size. Violators risk jail sentences of six months, a fine of us
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NGO to propagate plastic use
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Tax on recycled plastic proposed; industry criticises government
Tax on recycled plastic
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helpful germs: Scientists have found a bacteria that could help transform disposable cups and plates into a biodegradable plastic, according to a recent study. The useful microbes are a special
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Plastic busters
A bacteria and a fungus make a formidable pair
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Petrol from plastic
An energy efficient technique
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Will the plastic degrade?
Loopholes in technology, Delhi government s order
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are readily able to degrade crude oil. Scientists from the Estaci
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Let Delhi breathe
Hospitals and hotels asked to use degradable plastic