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
Pollution
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The unholy accrual
Pesticides pollution threatens the aquatic life of the Ganges, especially the Gangetic dolphins
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POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES
The Bangladesh government has announced new measures to combat environmental pollution. The government's National Environ ment Committee (NEC) has decided to ban the use of polythene by new
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In a dirty state
for India's highest growth state, this is bad news. The state government has finally admitted that Gujarat is the most polluted state in the country. According to the latest report of the Gujarat
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Fixing responsibility
in a historic deal brokered by a British court, building materials firm Cape Plc has agreed to conditionally pay us $30 million to South African miners who blame the company for contracting
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Eviction notice
Taking serious note of tannery pollution, the Bangladesh Environ mental Lawyers Association (BELA) has served a legal notice upon the country's authorities demanding an immediate relocation of
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The retrofit solution
A recent study by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has suggested that modifying and upgrading the existing machinery and technology in power plants and reducing transmission and
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Bone damage
Effluents threaten Nilgiri
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Mumbai produces highest e waste
Mumbai is India's leading generator of e-waste, says the latest study by Toxics Link, an NGO dealing with toxic issues in India. The study Mumbai
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Sinar Mas Pulp and Paper: Facing public ire
Sinar Mas Pulp & Paper (India) Ltd is located along the Pune-Solapur highway near village Bhadalwadi of district Pune, Maharashtra. Though the company has done well in the ratings, it has not been
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CHECKING POPS
The Pakistani ministry of environment & urban affairs is likely to prepare a roster of experts on persistent organic pollutants {POPs) to keep a watch over their effects on human health. Although the