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 …
Nepalgunj Municipality Office has banned on the use and import-export of polythene bags in the territory of the city. Claiming that the polythene bags are causing pollution and blocking the drainage system of the municipality, the office has banned on the use of plastic bags. The municipality banned in the …
Starting Thursday, for a week the Perur Town Panchayat will involve the town’s residents in solid waste management by encouraging them to segregate the waste they generate. And if they do so, they will get a prize. The top 10 residents from each of the 15 wards will get a …
Ten years and many more bans later, lack of awareness and failures in implementation has placed the city in the second position in the generation of plastic nationally, after New Delhi. Ten years ago, the Tamil Nadu government introduced the Tamil Nadu Plastic Articles (Prohibition of Sale, Storage, Transport and …
Kathmandu Metropolitan City has stepped up monitoring waste management in hospitals and hotels based in the City. “We have intensified our check on hotels, restaurants, hospitals and nursing homes in the metropolis,” said Rabin Man Shrestha, chief of the Environment Management Division at the KMC. “In course of a week, …
Tripura has imposed a complete ban on the manufacture, import, storing, transport, sale and use of plastic carry bags in the state in view of its hazardous effect on the environment, an official said here Wednesday. "Under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, the Tripura government has imposed the complete ban …
Use of contraband polythene-made shopping bag has become rampant in the Sylhet city and elsewhere in the district in absence of proper monitoring by the authorities concerned. Talking to New Age residents of different areas in the city have alleged that the use of polythene bags has increased alarmingly everywhere …
The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) under the direction of Environment and Renewable Energy Minister Susil Premajayantha has planned a new project to collect discarded polythene and plastics from consumers through wholesale and retail dealers of the respective product. Addressing a press conference at the CEA auditorium recently, the minister said …
Sri Lanka Central Environmental Authority has decided to draft laws to make it compulsory for the producers of yoghurt, ice cream and other similar products to buy back the used plastic cups in which their products are sold. Minister of Environment and Renewable Energy Susil Premajayantha told media that laws …
In a short term reprieve to multinational companies and local manufacturers, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday stayed the government’s ban on polythene packaging of potato chips, candies and biscuits. Hearing a bunch of petitions, a Division Bench of Justices D.D. Sud and Sanjay Karol stayed till September 3, …
The government's decision to ban 25 food items packed in non-biodegradable packs from July 1 has been relaxed till September 3. The sop came after the Himachal Pradesh high court put in abeyance the notification issued by the state government on June 26. Through this notification, the state government had …
Environment minister says Scotland uses more carrier bags per head than any other part of the UK Scotland has revealed plans to charge consumers for single use carriers bags in a bid to curb plastic waste, leaving England as the only UK nation without plans to impose a levy on …
There are no rules by which one can dispose of medical waste that is generated at home. Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) has no guidelines for disposal of used bandages, sanitary napkins, wet cotton, blades, disposable diapers, insulin syringes, used condoms or any material contaminated with body fluid, blood or antiseptics …
The soft-shell N nigricans turtles, a rare species found only in the tank of the Tripureswari Temple in Gomati district of Tripura, is facing extinction. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) had classified that specimen, popularly known as Bostami turtle, as extinct in the wild. The fifteenth century …
Residents have dubbed Thane as a “garbage city” since it generates nearly 92,000 kg of plastic trash daily and there is little scope proper disposal. The city’s population has crossed the 20-lakh mark. Rising economic prosperity and rapid urbanization have inadvertently resulted in huge piles of plastic waste. A major …
The municipal authorities seized and destroyed plastic bags and packaging material less than 40 microns at the end of a day-long sudden inspection in various shops in the town on Friday. About 300 kg of substandard plastic material was destroyed. The municipality purchased a special electronic micro instrument for ascertaining …
Use of plastic bags in shops and supermarkets in the city is still prevalent. The civic body imposed a ban on plastic bags up to 40 microns in May 2011. The use of plastic bags from petty shops to supermarkets shows the glaring violation of the ban that remains only …
A Jammu and Kashmir Assembly committee on Tuesday recommended a complete ban on the use of polythene throughout the State. “Detailed discussion was held on the use of polythene and the committee stressed on a complete ban on the use of polythene in every nook and corner of the State,” …
Manufacturers, traders and consumers of plastic bags and plastic packaging material have asked the authorities to limit the enforcement of 40 micron plastic bags only to ‘Carry bags’ as envisaged in the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 and not for other plastic bags used for packaging of products …
The Madurai Corporation is planning a complete ban on plastic cups and carry bags in the city. This issue is likely to be taken up for discussion at the Council meeting to be held on Friday. Based on a report prepared by an expert team, the Corporation is mulling the …
Ahmedabad-based Centre for Environment Education (CEE) is going to take up environmental issues and begin work for conservation of environment. Talking to reporters here on Thursday, CEE director Kartikeya V Sarabhai said that for conservation of environment, steps like recycling of plastic waste would be started in next three months. …
