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 …
AGRA: In an innovative and artistic way to motivate people on keeping Yamuna clean, a group of foreigners from different South American countries have collectively built a 2.5-metre-tall statue of ‘Yamuna Maiya (mother)’ from the plastic waste taken out of the river. The group intends to install the statue on …
MANGALDAI: Much has been said about maintaining the healthy academic environment in academic institutions and keeping these institutions totally free from any non-academic matter. But what will happen if the students of a premier college in the district headquarters have to suffer academic loss only to hold the elections? The …
Porous borders: Four months after the ban kicked in, plastics are omnipresent. This is partly due to their import by wholesalers from States such as Maharashtra. Four months after the ban took effect in the State, single-use plastics have staged a comeback. Sourcing products from neighbouring States where manufacture of …
GENEVA: Over 180 countries have opened a UN-backed conference on waste and hazardous chemicals amid hopes it could produce a sweeping agreement toward minimizing generation of plastic waste, which has formed a gigantic mass of litter floating in the ocean. Rolph Payet of the United Nations Environment Program says he …
Biodegradable and compostable plastic bags are capable of carrying full loads of shopping even after being exposed to the natural environment for three years, a new study shows. The research published in Environmental Science & Technology examined the degradation of five plastic bag materials widely available from high street retailers …
Indian Oceans missing plastic waste found out by the scientists. Indian Ocean is the world's biggest dumping ground for plastic waste, but where the trash ultimately ends up has remained a mystery, scientists say.According to researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA), little research had been done to measure …
Govt. mandates all plastic carry bags must have labelling The Kerala High Court has declined to interfere with a government order mandating that all plastic carry bags must have labelling with details such as name and registration of the manufacturer and thickness of the material, and that no plastic carry …
It's a race against time. The more than eight million tonnes of plastic that end up in the sea every year become more and more dangerous for marine fauna as they break up and are mistaken for food. Almost all Pacific albatrosses now have plastic fragments in their stomachs, which …
RAJKOT: Crushing all the high expectations, the Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) failed to reverse Rajkot’s fight with plastic garbage. Though Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) was the first to implement the much-hyped concept of installing the plastic bottle crushing machine, lack of awareness and poor publicity killed the initiative in the …
Officials of the Municipal Corporation raided various business establishments in the city today and recovered Rs 73,000 as fine after challaning 49 shops for using polythene. An MC team, led by Executive Officer Jarnail Singh, raided the shops located in various parts of the city and seized plastic stuff lying …
While Ahmedabad was ranked as India’s sixth cleanest city in the Swachh Survekshan survey, dumping sites and landfills in and around Ahmedabad have been overflowing with garbage, most of which is nonbiodegradable. In fact, the continued usage of plastic is one area that needs immediate attention and recently, after receiving …
NEW DELHI: Noting disastrous impact of plastic waste on human health and environment, more than 170 countries have jointly pledged to “significantly reduce single-use plastic products by 2030” - a resolution for which was piloted by India at the UN Environment Assembly at Nairobi in Kenya. The five-day assembly which …
Nagpur: If you are finding it difficult to deal without disposable plates, cups, glasses and bowls after the plastic ban, city girl Poonam Dixit has something that can bring back the convenience of ‘use and throw’ disposable plates in your life. A chemical engineer, Poonam has made an eco-friendly substitute …
District Coordinators will be nodal officers The District Coordinators of the Suchitwa Mission will be the nodal officers in each district to implement green protocol during the election process. Director of the State Suchitwa Mission C.V. Joy told The Hindu on Wednesday that three other officers would also be deployed …
Retired justice Dhirendra Mishra suggested that use of plastic bags and other plastic materials should be stopped and people should be made aware of its ill effects so that they refrain from using it. The retired justice was chairing the second state-level committee meeting at new Circuit House on implementation …
NEW DELHI: In the backdrop of India’s commitment to eliminate all single-use plastic in the country by 2022, the Election Commission has asked all political parties and contesting candidates to desist from using environmentally hazardous material like plastics in banners, hoardings, cut-outs and other poll-related articles during upcoming general elections. …
NEW DELHI: Central Pollution Control Board recently slapped a Rs 1 lakh fine on Delhi University for poor waste management. While DU is trying to get its act together, a look at other university campuses in Delhi, notably JNU, IIT and Jamia, suggests these are doing well managing waste. That’s …
Following implementation of plastic ban on June 23 across the state, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) started a drive to enforce the ban by penalising violators of the ban. However, the momentum has slowed down after a successful show last year. Visits by the BMC team and action taken by …
PATNA: It’s not even three months since the state government’s ban in urban areas, plastic polythene bags are back in use in the city markets by street vendors and the general storekeepers. The Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) had formed several task force squads to ensure strict implementation of the ban. …
The government has plugged a loophole that allowed the import of plastic waste into India for processing. “…Solid plastic waste has been prohibited from import into the country including in Special Economic Zones (SEZ) and by Export Oriented Units (EOU),” the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) said …
