Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Kolkata, Aug. 19 Jute prices, which have already crashed by more than 40 per cent or Rs 1,400 a quintal in August, could witness a further fall if the proposed 25 per cent dilution of the Jute Packaging Materials Act (JPMA) of 1987 comes through, according to industry experts. The …
Jayajit Dash / Bhubaneswar July 1, 2009, 0:52 IST Faced with a shortfall of 7.6 lakh bales of gunny bags for procurement of food grains by the government procuring agencies in 2009-10, the Centre is exploring the possibility of using high-density polyethylene bags, polypropylene bags and old gunny bags for …
When it comes to reusable packaging and the environment, consumers are keen to do the right thing, but it seems sparking a refill revolution in Great Britain means getting the price right first.
People are very entrenched in the way they do their laundry," says Adam Lowry, the co-founder and chief "greenskeeper" at Method. And that's a problem, as we'll explain in a moment. Method is an 8-year-old company that makes "environmentally-friendly cleaning products that are safe for every home and every body." …
Coca-Cola Co said on Thursday it has developed a new plastic bottle that is partly made from sugar cane and molasses, raising the bar in the battle for the most environmentally friendly packaging. Coke will test the new bottle in North America with Dasani bottled water and certain carbonated brands …
The Government will provide financial support to the smaller industries to set up Effluent Treatment Plants (ETP), said State Minister for Environment & Forest Advocate Mostafizur Rahman. He was addressing a discussion organised by Bangladesh chamber of Industries (BCI) on May 02. "We are thinking to introduce polythene shopping bag …
Sapna Agarwal / Mumbai March 30, 2009, 0:46 IST From pricing to quality, troubles for the food and beverage industry. Major food and beverage companies like PepsiCo, Bisleri International, Coca-Cola and Tata Tea continue to offer their 1-litre packaged water brands between Rs 13 and Rs 40, despite a recent …
London: Beware of bottled mineral water, which you may be drinking under the impression that it is perfectly clean and safe. Researchers in Germany have found evidence of chemicals containing the hormone oestrogen leaching out of the plastic packaging into the water. These findings show for the first time that …
Ahmedabad : Who is responsible and accountable to the unsuspecting consumers being fooled by racketeers who are peddling illegally ISI marked packaged drinking water'? Is it Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) who issues ISI license for packaged drinking water plants if they comply with the prescribed standards. Or is it …
Paul John & Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: For more than a decade, a deadly trade of pumping recycled infected vials, medicine bottles with high dozes, IV packs and syringes was being run right under the nose of the state authorities. These infected and hazardous medicine bottles and syringes were …
Sapna Verma | TNN New Delhi: Worried over the ban on plastic bags in the Capital, traders are now looking for options. In an interactive session between the traders and the government on Thursday, the former raised their doubts and discussed ways to make Delhiites aware about the ban. Some …
New Delhi, Jan. 4: Packaged drinking water and mineral water plants in the country use up to 7.03 million cubic metres of water per annum with Andhra Pradesh leading the tally having the maximum number of licences to manufacture packaged drinking water. According to figures available, a total of 1,940 …
Fearing heavy loss after the notice from the Commissioner of Taxes regarding imposition of the sales tax on the packaged drinking water units across the State, the units are now planning a complete shut down or shifting the business to the other NE States. Uncertainty looms over the future of …
Vadodara: The next time you buy a bottle of packaged water or even a water pouch at the station, be sure that even the state Government is unaware of the existence of the manufacturing company or of its quality assurance. An RTI application filed by a city based environmental activist …
A study by Mckensey estimates that 30-40 per cent of agricultural produce in India goes waste, which amounts to a whopping Rs. 12,000 crore annually. One only has to look at the way the entire supply chain of food production and its distribution is handled. OUR POLYMERS BUREAU Food crisis …
Decision Hurting Bottling Partners, But Co Has No Plans To Hike Retail Prices Ratna Bhushan NEW DELHI: SOFT drink major Coca-Cola has hiked the prices of concentrates
