Draft Ecomark Certification Rules, 2023
The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC) on October 11, 2023, published the Draft Eco mark Certification Rules, 2023. These rules aim to promote environmentally friendly products
Green Products
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Top of the greens
A new generation of electric cars is moving down the ramp. Running on fuel cell technology, these are being called the eco friendliest cars by far
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Perfect blend
A fuel made from recycled cooking oil promises to curb air pollution and provide an alternative to diesel as well
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Friendly plastic
A K NANDA, a young scientist from Berhampur in Orissa, has developed a commercially viable process for production of bio-degradable plastic sheets and films using starch. The polythene films
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A real cool dude!
A new climate friendly and non CFC technology proposed for refrigerators may broaden the prospect of North South cooperation regarding chlorofluorocarbon phase out
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Goodbye, freon
Russian researchers have come up with a power saving and ozone friendly refrigerator which operates without a motor and uses a semiconductor as coolant
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Puzzling claims
DO ECO-MARKS and green logos endorsed on products really help the consumer to make an environment-friendly choice? May be not. A recent survey by the National Consumer Council in UK has found
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Green wheels
CARS in the country are going green - not that they are going to run on electricity or hydrogen. The new generation automobiles in the country will be using natural jute fibre as car components.
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No conversion!
A court order honks trouble for those that have tampered with their cars' catalytic converters, but prosecuting authorities seem stranded at crossroads for want of adequate rules to bring culprits to book
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For a clean deal...
...steps taken/to be taken for countrywide clean petrol supply
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A case for ecotechnology
Noted agricultural scientistM S Swaminathan says: