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
NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over the harmful impact of plastics on the environment, President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday said effective waste management of plastics was the need of the hour.
Staff Reporter Pollachi: A training programme on Solid Waste Management for the presidents of village panchayats was organised at Pollachi Municipality recently A release from the Municipal Commissioner, K.R. Selvaraj said that solid waste management scheme was being implemented successfully in Pollachi and a ban has been imposed on use of plastics below 20 microns.
The Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India, notified the Hazardous Waste (Management & Handling) Rules on July 28, 1989 under the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, which was further amended in the year 2000 and 2003 and recently The Hazardous Wastes(Management,Handling and Transboundry Movement) Rules,2008 were notified for effective management of hazardous wast
COIMBATORE: Solid waste management is progressing in all the 52 town panchayats in the district, even though at least half of them are struggling to find land to create landfills for the disposal of non-biodegradable waste. But, almost all of them have managed to find ways to make manure out of biodegradable waste. Extension
AHMEDABAD: Heaps of decaying solid waste lying scattered in dumping sites near the city could actually act as an eco-friendly fuel for industry. Creative Co Ltd, a leading Japanese integrated waste management company, will help Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) execute such a project.
With landfill sites full to the brim, MCD has no option but to explore new methods to manage waste Ruhi Bhasin & Neha Lalchandani | TNN Having exhausted its three landfill sites and with no alternative places ready, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is now pinning its hopes on any technology that will bail it out of the rather messy situation of waste management.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Delhi L-G Tejendra Khanna, on Tuesday, chaired a meeting to review the progress in the implementation of the solid waste management master plan of the MCD. While many projects related to the use of different kinds of technologies in dealing with waste are yet to take off, the MCD claimed it would begin with door-to-door segregation by Arpil this year.
Pioneer News Service | Lucknow The ambitious waste management project sanctioned for Lucknow in 2007 is yet to take off despite funds being released for it.
Team TOI Ahmedabad: Besides sectors like energy and micro small and medium enterprises, sectors like development and environment saw huge investment inflows. The development and environment sector saw investment promises to the tune of Rs 9,203 crore on the second day of the Vibrant Gujarat summit.
Alpha Arzu The government is formulating regulations necessitating healthcare facilities to have safe disposal and management of medical wastes that can expose people to various diseases such as hepatitis, HIV, tuberculosis, gangrene and tetanus.