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
On the way, it picks up garbage and plastic from slums and effluent released by workshops. Municipal storm-water drains also empty into the river. The Dahisar river on the edge of the city was once
The Environment Ministry will notify next week a set of "completely revamped" waste management rules including those for plastic and bio-medical refuse. The Ministry is also set to introduce a new programme
Throwing food safety norms to the wind, several sweetmeat shops and restaurants in the city are using plastic bags or wraps to warm up food items. These food items are served piping hot to ignorant
Disposables’ use came down by60 to 70 per cent, says Suchitwa Mission Director It has been possible to bring down the use of disposables during the Pongala by 60 to 70 per cent, Suchitwa Mission Director
Plastic pollution is a massive problem in Indonesia. The country's rivers and oceans are clogged with waste, damaging both the tourism and fishing industries. Now the government is trying to change consumer
The Mozambican government announced on Thursday that it has collected eight tons of plastic bags with a thickness of less than 30 micrometres all over the country in its latest campaign to ban their usage.
Plastic pollution in the marine environment is a “critical problem” for global ecosystems and for human health as microscopic pieces of waste enter the food chain, an Australian Senate inquiry has been
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Tuesday made it clear that there cannot not be any sale of plastic material, including water in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles or other types of plastic
Bengaluru: A day after 73 Indian cities were ranked on cleanliness, the packaging industry spoke about how irresponsibly cities dispose of their waste. Thinking heads at the Indian Institute of Packaging
The neighbours have stolen a march on the capital.Three weeks after the UP government imposed a blanket ban on plastic carry bags in the state, officials of Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad claimed their