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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Ramesh orders inquiry into ship off Alang, Gujarat says its clean
An inquiry has been ordered into reports that an allegedly radioactive contaminated ship from the US has anchored off the Alang coast in Gujarat, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday.
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Pollution peaked on Diwali night
Hyderabad, Oct. 19: The pollution level in the city peaked on the Diwali night (Saturday) with different parts of Hyderabad and Secunderabad recording as much as 39 per cent more pollutants than on ordinary days.
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Irked Ladfe-Bicholim locals block mining trucks
Irked with pollution caused in the village due to mining transportation, residents of Ladfe-Bicholim on Tuesday blocked mining trucks from Kalne-Dodamarg, Maharashtra. It may be recalled that the residents had last week submitted a memorandum to Bicholim Deputy Collector D H Kenaudekar demanding a halt on mining transportation through their village.
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No emission-related affliction around NTPC Kayamkulam plant: Study
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Awareness campaign on plastic pollution launched in Tirunelveli
Rs.2 lakh each for Tirunelveli and Tuticorin Corporations allotted MESSAGE: An awareness programme on solid waste management in progress at Palayamkottai on Monday. TIRUNELVELI: An awareness campaign on solid waste management and segregation of plastic waste at source was inaugurated at Palayamkottai on Monday.
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GIS-based website for ecology commission
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Ecology Commission (GEC) on Wednesday launched what it claims to be India
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Notices served to polluting industries for violating norms
Following recent warning by Chief Minister Raman Singh to polluting industries, the State Government has served closure notices to 15 steel making units based at Urla, Siltara and Borjhara industrial areas of Raipur, for allegedly violating pollution control norms.
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Stationery shop owner flouts plastic ban, fined Rs 15,000
Delhi Government's move to ban plastic bags in the Capital got a boost with a city court slapping a fine of Rs 15,000 on a stationery trader for flouting the law.
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Endometriosis, a result of pollution
Oct. 29: City health researchers have found an environmental and genetic link to endometriosis. Endometriosis is associated with chronic pelvic pain and irregular monthly cycles. It is also one of the major causes of infertility in women. It affects about 15 per cent women of child-bearing age.
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Panel to suggest norms for effluent discharge
Ludhiana: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has included names of four members from the industry in the high-level committee constituted for fixing norms at inlet and outlet of common effluent treatment plants to be set up in Ludhiana.