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 …
CHENNAI: After announcing ban on “use and throwaway plastics” with effect from January 1, 2019, the Tamil Nadu government recently issued orders exempting a number of items such as plastic bags that constitute or form an integral part of packaging in which goods are sealed prior to use at manufacturing/processing …
It applies to plastic cups, plates, spoons and straws also The Thoothukudi Corporation has announced a ban on single-use plastic from August 15. The ban applies to plastic cups, plates, spoons and straws as well. The move comes after Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami announced in the Assembly that all …
Stop jargon on plastic thickness, green brigade wants blanket ban HYDERABAD: Use of all plastic bags — below or above 50 microns in thickness — is harmful for the environment, cautioned members of the city’s green brigade, on the eve of International Plastic Bag Free Day observed on July 3. …
Plastic drinking straws are just one example of some of the pointless plastic products that have proved to be a curse for the environment, United Nations Environment head Erik Solheim has said. “We also have pointless packaging, pointless plastic bags and huge quantities of other products that are used for …
Coimbatore: The directorate of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Chennai, has sent a communication to the programme coordinators and chief educational officers of districts across the state to stop the usage of one-time use and throw plastics in educational offices and schools. The communication dated June 25 cited chief …
HYDERABAD: Industrialist Kiran Mazumdar Shaw has called for a universal ban on single-use plastic to rid the communities of the "malaise". But industry body ASSOCHAM said there must be a road map for phasing out plastic goods, and a healthier and environmentally-friendly alternative found and promoted. "For instance, jute, textiles …
Maharashtra environment minister Ramdas Kadam on Saturday lauded the decision of the state government of imposing a ban on the use of plastic in the state. Speaking to ANI, the minister said that the decision was taken for the betterment of the state."It is good that plastic is getting banned …
Agra: The Uttar Pradesh government’s much-hyped programme of zero tolerance to use of disposal plastic, especially at Taj Mahal, hasn’t taken off as plastic water bottles and shoe covers still remain littered at the main mausoleum. A video, which went viral on social media on Tuesday, shows the main mausoleum …
To make sure of ‘zero waste’ weddings, he told officials to adopt function halls for a week. Hyderabad: Commissioner of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, B. Janardhan Reddy, has directed deputy commissioners and the assistant medical officer of health (AMOH) to ensure that reusable plates and glasses are now used …
Kamrup (M) Deputy Commissioner has appealed to the people for not to use plastic during Ambubachi Mela at Kamakhya Temple this year. In a meeting today at Conference Hall of Deputy Commissioner’s office, Kamrup (M) DC Virendra Mittal informed that food and water suppliers (Bhandara) from various voluntary organizations will …
In a letter to all municipal commissioners, Principal Secretary (Municipal Administration) Arvind Kumar directed them to strictly implement the directives on plastic usage. HYDERABAD: The Telangana government on Wednesday issued guidelines to ban plastic usage in urban local bodies in the state. All corporations and municipal bodies across the State …
Of these, 19 units have been issued closure notices, after four trucks, smuggling 16.7 tonnes of banned plastic bags from Daman to retailers across Maharashtra were confiscated by a MPCB flying squad. Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued closure notices to 19 plastic manufacturing units in the state citing …
Jamshedpur: Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC), which has seized 18 tonnes of banned plastic carry bags from shopkeepers in the last seven months, plans to make the city 'polythene free' by August 5. "If we are serious about protecting our environment, we have to get rid of polythene bags. So …
HYDERABAD: Reverberating the United Nation's awakening call to ditch plastic, Telangana, along with rest of India, on Tuesday marked World Environment Day with 'beat the plastic pollution' as its theme. However, with the city sitting on heaps of plastic waste, community and government efforts to 'beat the plastic pollution' seem …
NEW DELHI: India on the occasion of the World Environment Day on Tuesday pledged to eliminate all single-use plastics (items like carry bags, straws and water bottles among others) from the country by 2022 — the year which coincides with 75 years of the country's independence. "We make a solemn …
NEW DELHI: For India, World Environment Day 2018 is not a "symbolic" celebration, but a mission, Union environment minister Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday. The minister told people to take care of their Green Social Responsibility during the World Environment Day celebrations and urged them to take up Green Good …
Five months after the Noida Authority relaunched its anti-plastic drive to implement the ban on plastics in the city, shop-keepers and residents are flouting the guidelines. "We hardly make any profit in our business, how do they expect us to spend money on expensive cloth bags?" said a local cloth …
AGRA: Ahead of World Environment Day on June 5, Union minister for culture and environment Mahesh Sharma on Sunday administered a pledge to Agra residents for making areas around Taj Mahal, in a radius of 500 metres, free of litter and polythene and reducing the presence of single-use plastic products …
In this year's theme, a conference on sharing best practices on plastic waste management will be held on June 1 at Vigyan Bhawan. The Delegation of the European Union to India and EU member states will organise a series of green initiatives here to mark the World Environment Day this …
The European Union (EU) on Monday proposed a bloc-wide ban on single-use plastics such as straws and cutlery while urging the collection of most plastic drinks bottles by 2025. The proposals are part of a growing EU drive to rid the environment of plastic waste which has begun showing up …
