When homemakers unite
Housewives in Kolkata move the court against the irresponsible and negligent functioning of factories in their area
Housewives in Kolkata move the court against the irresponsible and negligent functioning of factories in their area
Officials and industries honoured for their ecofriendly initiatives
Efficient e waste recycling technology on the anvil
Plastic waste is threatening ocean biodiversity
A plastic wire can remove life threatening brain blood clots
The Ranganath Misra Committee s report on managing plastic waste is out. Will it fail to deliver like the earlier National Plastics Waste Management Task Force report?
Scientists develop a plastic that can repair itself when heated
The Basel convention guidelines to manage plastic waste miss the point: reducing plastics is the real solution
Chittaranjan township sports a new look as its residents say no to plastic carrybags
Can rubber stamps serve public interests?
Rather than prohibiting the use of polybags, India must prepare a wider plastic waste management policy
developed countries are routinely dumping tonnes of plastic waste into India, according to environmental group, No Plastics in the Environment (NoPE). The import data compiled by the Union
Bangladesh has clamped a ban on the production and use of polythene bags. This has been done to protect the environment and promote the use of jute products. The flood-prone country's drainage
Over a period of time, composite materials such as plastics wear because of day-to-day usage, creating tiny cracks that continue to grow until the item breaks. But now Scott White, a materials
South Africa has banned the use of thin plastic bags. And retailers of these bags are a worried lot as they fear that it would wipe out their retail profits. The South African cabinet recently
One of the pioneers of the Extended Producers Responsibility EPR theory, <font class='UCASE'>Thomas Lindhqvist </font> believes that plastic waste management will become increasingly expensive and EPR is the only logical solution. Excerpts of the inte
A detector that can detect small quantities of explosive material mixed in seawater has been devised by M Sailor and his colleagues at the University of California, San Diego, USA. The device is
India yet does not have a uniform nation-wide law for ban on plastic polybags Average Indian uses one kilogramme (kg) of plastics per year. The world annual average is 18 kg per capita
Hospital waste management suffers from poor understanding and even poorer implementation
At least 14 peacocks died recently in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh due to the consumption of toxicfoodgrains. Several groups, including the Save Powai Lake Committee, have launched a project