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
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
<p>The hazardous waste management rules 2016 amended by the environment ministry has allowed companies located in special economic zones (SEZs) to import solid plastic waste.</p>
In exercise of powers confirmed by sections 6, B and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 ( 29 of 1,986), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to amend the Hazardous and Other
Country is world's second largest consumer of plastic bags after US, reports Al Jazeera. Morocco has banned the production and use of plastic bags, with many shops and street sellers across the country
Plastic waste found on the beach at Sarstangen on Prince Carls Forland, on the west coast of Svalbard, Norway. Plastic dumped into the seas around the UK is carried to the Arctic within two years,
The ban imposed by the City Corporation on use of plastic carrybags below 50 microns will come into force on Friday. Mayor V. P Prasanth said the civic body will start imposing fine and seek action
Jambulingam Street, Chennai, is a local legend. The tar road in the bustling Nungambakkam area has weathered a major flood, several monsoons, recurring heat waves and a steady stream of cars, trucks and
A new study by Trucost finds the environmental cost of using plastics in consumer goods and packaging is nearly four times less than it would be if plastics were replaced with alternative materials. The
Like dinosaur bones, the fossils of our modern era — CDs and DVDs — are often piled in forgotten heaps and buried underground. But these rounded relics are made of polycarbonates, a common plastic that
Koraput: The Koraput district administration has decided to ban the use of water pouches and polythene carry bags of thickness less than 40 microns during the car festival in the town. Thousands of people,
Governor NN Vohra, Chairman, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), has appealed to pilgrims and all stakeholders of the Amarnath yatra to maintain cleanliness and sanitation in the entire area, from the