Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Devavrat Kumar Sahani Vs State of Bihar dated 07/04/2025. The application was being registered on the basis of a letter petition dated December 27, 2024 sent to the NGT by the applicant, Devavrat Kumar Sahani, Muzaffarpur, …
Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has declared a total ban on all single-use plastic carrier bags with effect from June 1, this year, a statement from the Prime Minister's Information and Communication Unit said on Wednesday. The statement said Majaliwa announced the total ban on all single-use plastic carrier bags …
Twenty-five tonnes of waste -- including some 50,000 flip-flops -- were collected in a five-week clean-up on the Seychelles’ remote atoll of Aldabra. Five volunteers from the University of Oxford and seven from Seychelles joined the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) team on Aldabra for the clean-up project aimed at clearing …
PANJIM: Plastic bags, straws, cutlery and other disposable plastic items will soon disappear from Goa, as the State government is mulling a complete ban on single-use plastics from September 2019. The State government has drafted the Goa Non-Biodegradable Garbage Control Act to ban single-use plastics and also levy fines for …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 (State of Goa) dated 10/04/2019 regarding status of compliance of orders of the Tribunal on the subject of solid waste management and allied issues (mining, air pollution) in the State of Goa. …
That was said by the minister for State in the Vice President's Office (Union and Environment), Mr January Makamba, during a question-and-answer session in Parliament today, April 8. He was responding to a question by Kaliua MP Magdalena Sakaya (CUF) who sought to know the government's strategies to end the …
A Chinese firm opened a 4.5 billion shilling (45 million U.S. dollars) plastic waste recycling plant in eastern Kenya on Monday to help curb environmental degradation. Weeco Recycling Company, which will be processing 2,000 tonnes of PET bottles every month and recycle them into pellets and polyester fiber, announced on …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 (State of Gujarat) dated 09/04/2019. A status report submitted by Gujarat indicates some of the steps taken for solid waste management. Status of compliance of Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, Bio-medical Waste …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 (State of Maharashtra) dated 08/04/2019 regarding the status of compliance of orders of this Tribunal on the subject of solid waste management and allied issues. In the present proceedings Chief Secretary, State …
The Kenyan press is reporting "an outcry" over a ban on all plastic bags coming into effect today. Traders have been left with huge stocks of the now banned carrier bags, reports Kenya's Citizen TV It adds that customers complain that the alternatives to plastic bags are too costly. 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 …
The ban on non-woven bags take effect from today. The government will start arresting the importers, producers and consumers of the popular polypropylene bags sold in supermarkets and other retail stores. National Environment Management Authority (Nema) says it will launch a crackdown against the "very thin, poor quality non-reusable bags". …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Original Application No. 606/2018 Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 (State of West Bengal) dated 02/04/2019 regarding status of compliance of orders of the NGT on the subject of solid waste management and allied issues. Some of the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mohammad Yusuf Abdullah Shaikh & Others Vs State of Maharashtra & Others dated 02/04/2019 regarding remedial steps against air pollution caused by melting of plastic at Malegaon in the State of Maharashtra. NGT directs for the constitution of a joint …
Landmarks in nations across the world, from Samoa to the UK, were plunged into darkness on Saturday as activists marked Earth Hour. The initiative, which is aimed at raising awareness about climate protection, was launched by the conservation charity World Wildlife Fund (WWF), to urge action to save the planet. …
Drivers traveling into the busiest sections of Manhattan will be subject to a congestion charge starting in 2021 and single-use plastic bags will be banned across New York state in less than a year, under a $175.5bn state budget agreement announced on Sunday by the governor, Andrew Cuomo, and legislative …
Polythene is the most widely used plastic around the globe. Among the total plastic waste generated, polythene contributes the maximum share (64%). Various strategies/methods are being utilized to deal with the increasing rate of plastic waste, but among all the methods, bioremediation is regarded as the ecofriendly and widely accepted …
A group of over 100 residents of HSR Layout has been undertaking initiatives such as waste clean-up drives and environment awareness programmes to improve the neighbourhood. BENGALURU : Hasiru Mithra, a group of over 100 residents of HSR Layout, is calling fellow citizens to join its endeavour to help curb …
Nairobi — Kenya is amongst the countries in Africa set to benefit from a Sh3.8 billion fund from Coca-Cola to stimulate plastic recycling industries and create awareness on plastic waste pollution. Through the funding, the beverage manufacturer will speed up the collection and recycling of PET plastic bottles in Southern, …
Hearing on a petition regarding plastic waste and draining of sewer water in the Ganga river at Har ki Paidi in Haridwa, the High Court of Uttarakhand has directed the municipal corporation of Haridwar to submit a progress report by April 28. The next hearing on this petition will be …
CHANDIGARH: Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC) has called upon people of the city to abdicate polythene use for the sake of protecting environment of the city. Member secretary, TC Nautiyal who was invited to address people from different cross section in a brain storming session held on the issue of …
