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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Goa bans plastic bags
the Goa state authorities are making all possible efforts to ensure that the state's drive against plastic bags is successful. The state had banned plastic bags less than 20 microns thickness
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Moneymakers
friendly plastic: A new plastic made from plant sugar will be soon introduced in the market. The plastic called NatureWorks PLA is being manufactured by Cargill Dow Polymers, a Nebraska-based
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Plastic leaders
Delhi politicians have always tried to scuttle moves to end the polythene bag menace
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A few good men
Seven months of hard work and sheer dedication has made Pithoragarh free from polythene bags
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Under a spotlight
PVCs come under scrutiny as the European Commission launches a debate on its use
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PLASTIC HAZARD
The Karnataka High Court has ordered the state government and the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to ban the use of extra thin plastic bags in the state. The order was passed by a
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Mere paperwork
The state government of Goa acknowledges that a green law passed in 1996 is toothless
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Ban on plastic bags
kerala government has decided to impose a ban on the use of plastic bags in the capital Thiruvananthapuram. The decision has been taken keeping in mind the non-biodegradable nature of plastic.
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BAN ON PLASTICS
Bangladesh has decided to ban the production and sale of black polythene as well as the import of the raw material for its manufacture. The move, approved by prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed, is
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Bottled up by plastics
the disposal of plastics is proving a tough task for the city of Kawasaki in Japan. And the pile of crushed plastic bottles gets bigger every day at a muni cipal waste disposal facility