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
The National Green Tribunal has prohibited use of plastic carry bags in various areas of Punjab and Haryana and sought responses on imposition of a complete ban across the two states. A bench headed
Citing problems posed by indiscriminate use of plastic, a PIL has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Election Commission to prevent its use in campaign materials such as flags
The Madras High Court directs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and Election Commission of India (ECI) to take up the issue as to what orders can be passed to prevent the waste plastic from affecting the State and thereafter file an affidavit in this behalf.
<p>Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles are widely used as packaging material for natural mineral water. However, trace levels of acetaldehyde can migrate into natural mineral water during the shelf
PATIALA: Punjab government has decided to issue an ordinance banning use of polythene bags in the state. The ban will come into force from February 1, 2016. Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) chairman
Barack Obama has offically banned the use of microbeads in personal cosmetic products that pollute lakes, rivers and oceans. The law, called the‘Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015’, was approved by the
The scale of the problem facing the world's oceans first struck Boyan Slat during a summer holiday to Greece when he was 16. Instead of colourful fish in azure waters, his abiding memory of the trip is
KOLKATA: Environment activist Subhas Datta has written to the vice-chancellor of Visva Bharati University , Santiniketan, and the West Bengal Pollution Control Board, drawing their attention to the huge
ISLAMABAD: A Senate body has recommended a complete ban on manufacturing and use of plastic grocery bags, one of the major environmental pollutants, in Islamabad. Senate Standing Committee on Climate
They have decided not to give plastic bags for free to customers and instead encourage them to use cloth bags Traders in Vellore are doing their bit for conserving environment. They have decided not