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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Widespread web
The threats from aerosols are all pervading
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CHINA
Having gained much ground in recent months, the country's environmentalists are trying hard to enforce tougher environmental laws. The National Environment Protection Agency (nepa) is planning to
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Reprieve!
SC drops contempt charges against Delhi officials in relocation case<br>
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Foundries shun cleaner technology
A modified furnace reduces coke consumption and pollution, resulting in considerable savings.
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The road ahead
The current method of environmental regulation has failed to monitor industrial pollution in India. It is not just ineffective but expensive too. Some countries are using alternative approaches but with mixed results
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CHINA
In a recent move, more than 20,000 environmental officials have started a combing operation all over China to inspect factories and close down errant units after the State Council or the cabinet
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The small big polluter
Small-scale industries: Where regulations are meaningless and pollution control an unaffordable luxury. Can they leapfrog to cost-effective technologies and find shelter in policies that provide reservation in pollution-free sectors?<p> <font face=arial
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Plastic purge
The mounting problem of non-biodegradable plastic waste seems to have caught the Sri Lankan government's attention. The country's cabinet has given its nod to a series of proposals put forward by the
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Polluter Pays
The Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL), a 51 per cent subsidiary of Unilever, has been asked to pay a fine of Rs 50 crore for polluting Kodaikanal. The Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Hazardous
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A lot of chaff
That s what the national agricultural policy is all about