Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
A Dutch foundation has developed floating barriers to try to collect trash from the world's oceans, and will launch a 100 meter-long prototype in the North Sea this week to see how it fares during storms. The Ocean Cleanup Foundation's 21-year-old Chief Executive Boyan Slat, who first had the idea …
The UK government now fully backs a legal ban on polluting plastic microbeads in cosmetics and toiletries, environment minister George Eustice said on Tuesday. A ban across the EU could be passed as early as 2017, he said, to stop the tiny particles entering the seas and harming wildlife. Eustice …
Visva Bharati University (VBU) acting registrar Mani Mukut Mitra informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench through an affidavit that the university doesn't have adequate resources to tackle the pollution that occurs during the three-day Poush Mela organised in Santiniketan every year. The bench was hearing a petition …
The BBMP has had enough of people not taking its plastic ban seriously, and it's getting mad. So the next time you're walking down the street with a plastic bag in your hand, don't be surprised if you're slapped with a Rs 500 fine. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) …
Turning a deaf ear to the district administration’s directives prohibiting the use of polythene bags, sellers and buyers in almost all the market areas in Dibrugarh are still using polythene bags, thus raising concern regarding the growing pollution levels. The district administration had put a ban on the use and …
On a beach in Sydney's Botany Bay, Dave West from the Boomerang Alliance shows the small bits of plastic that get into our food chain. State and territory bans on plastic bags, an immediate ban on microbeads and container deposit schemes across the country by 2020 are among recommendations made …
The discovery by scientists of a new bacteria that can eat plastic is timely because studies indicate that by 2025, there would be one tonne of plastic for every three tonnes of finfish caught in the oceans. A report by McKinsey & Co and Ocean Conservancy in January names five …
Nature has begun to fight back against the vast piles of filth dumped into its soils, rivers and oceans by evolving a plastic-eating bacteria – the first known to science. In a report published in the journal Science, a team of Japanese researchers described a species of bacteria that can …
Plastic pollution is a massive problem in Indonesia. The country's rivers and oceans are clogged with waste, damaging both the tourism and fishing industries. Now the government is trying to change consumer behaviour, with shops in 23 cities introducing a fee for plastic bags. It's a trial, before the new …
The Mozambican government announced on Thursday that it has collected eight tons of plastic bags with a thickness of less than 30 micrometres all over the country in its latest campaign to ban their usage. The Ministry of Health says that plastic bags pose a danger for people's health. The …
Plastic pollution in the marine environment is a “critical problem” for global ecosystems and for human health as microscopic pieces of waste enter the food chain, an Australian Senate inquiry has been told. The warning came as Guardian Australia learned the federal health minister has the power to instantly ban …
The neighbours have stolen a march on the capital.Three weeks after the UP government imposed a blanket ban on plastic carry bags in the state, officials of Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad claimed their consumption has fallen by 80%, adding they hope to reduce it further soon. Noida officials said …
What began as a Dutch teen's high school project could make history, with Boyan Slat's low-cost, innovative Ocean Cleanup project aiming to clear the ocean of millions of tons of plastic. Lourens Boot is a man of the sea. He wind surfs. His houseboat consistently ranks as one of the …
A new report released at Davos highlights some startling facts about the huge environmental and resource impacts of a fast growing plastics industry The world of plastics is in drastic need of reform. This is the conclusion of a new report released at Davos by the World Economics Forum, the …
Dredging plastic waste from coastal locations rather than deep in the oceans is the the most efficient way to clean it up and avoid damaging global ecosystems, according to new analysis. Floating plastic waste ranging from bags, bottles and caps, fibres and ‘microbeads’ wash out into the oceans from rivers …
The scale of the problem facing the world's oceans first struck Boyan Slat during a summer holiday to Greece when he was 16. Instead of colourful fish in azure waters, his abiding memory of the trip is of plastic debris on beaches and in the waves. Now 21, the Dutch …
More than 100,000 biodegradable shopping bags will be given out to residents in the new year as part of a wider campaign to encourage greater environmental awareness in Qatar. The “Go Green” initiative is being launched by a local group that plans to take their message to popular venues such …
The Cabinet approved a draft notification that seeks to impose the ban under Section 5 of the Environment Protection Act. The State Cabinet on Tuesday decided to ban manufacture, sale and use of several plastic items, like publicity materials and those used in functions, irrespective of their thickness. Thus, publicity …
Environ, a group for the environmental management for sustainable development, is working hard to manage solid waste disposal and is campaigning for a plastic-free puja this year. Amarjyoti Kashyap, president of Environ, has appealed to all sections of people, particularly puja committees, to ensure an environment friendly Puja and achieve …
Environ, a group for environmental management for sustainable development, has appealed to all sections of people – especially the puja committees – to ensure celebration of an environment-friendly Durga Puja and to achieve the real meaning of Swachh Bharat. In this context, Dr Amarjyoti Kashyap, president of Environ, has suggested …
