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, …
Rakesh Lohumi The hype created by the government over the proposed ban on polythene bags and other plastic wares notwithstanding, the environemtntally-sensitive hill state has a dismal track record in solid-waste management. Hundreds of tonnes of garbage, generated daily by the 56 urban habitations in the state, is dumped on …
The violation of ban on the use of polythene carry bags and plastic items having one-time use being imposed from August 15 will attract penalty ranging from Rs 500 to Rs 25,000, depending on the quantity of prohibited material recovered. The criteria for compounding offences under the State Non-Biodegradable Garbage …
Come August 1, and the villagers of Chinchinim will launch an ambitious plan to make the village plastic free. Wednesday saw the garbage management Committee of Chinchinim village Panchayat on Wednesday organising a rally with school students to create awareness amongst the villagers on the issue of garbage and the …
Brazil will send 89 shipping containers of garbage, rotting and maggot-infested, back to Britain and has issued $419,000 in fines to the three Brazilian companies that imported it, the government said on Monday. Around 1,600 tons of waste, including toilet seats, dirty diapers, used syringes and old TVs and computers, …
Resentment prevailed among polythene bag manufacturers and sellers against the state government for its decision to impose blanket ban on the use of polythene and disposable plastic crockery in the state from August 15. They demanded that the government should save 2.5 lakh people of the state depending on the …
The UAE is all set to phase-out plastic bags in the country over the next three years, even as substitutes like jute or paper bags are being suggested to be used by 2012. Following a cabinet decision, the ministry of Environment and Water will educate consumers to use alternatives, media …
Learning lessons from recently afflicted garbage crisis, the Corporation of the City of Panaji has now decided to be stricter against plastic bags in its jurisdiction.
Shimla: The categorical statement of Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh that replacing polythene bags with paper was not an eco-friendly solution, has put a damper on the state
CUTTACK: After over a year of the imposition of ban on recycled polythene in the State by the Orissa High Court, the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) seems to have finally woken up to the issue. It is set to launch a massive enforcement drive to free the millennium city from …
Says Ban Does Not Put Manufacturers Out Of Business TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Making it clear that banning the use of plastic bags in certain locations of capital does not prohibit the manufacturer to produce plastic bags, the High Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea of plastic manufacturers challenging …
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging a Delhi Government notification imposing a complete ban on use of plastic bags in the Capital, saying that
Hemis, Leh: A 400km walk in the Himalayas over six weeks to raise awareness on environmental issues yielded a collection of 60,000 waste plastic bottles, 10,000 chewing-gum wrappers and 5,000 carbonated drink cans. A state-sponsored Operation Clean Up? No way. The 12th Gyalwang Drukpa, spiritual head of Drukpa lineage, embarked …
AHMEDABAD : She saw an innovative green idea' in trash bins full of discarded gutkha pouches and empty food packets. Sixteen-year-old Hetal Vaishnav has invented a new technology to help recycle multi-layered food packets which can be used in making furniture. "I always find empty gutkha pouches, wrappers and packets …
NEW DELHI: Days after Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh spoke against the ban on plastic bags, the Delhi Government has taken a strong stand supporting the ban and has decided to intensify its drive to
The 85 Coca-Cola trucks in the city that deliver soft drink bottles to your neighbourhood store will not belch black smoke any more. Their engines have been changed to use CNG, with the first three trucks of the new
The use and sale of plastic bags have been banned in Madikeri. Those merchants who violate the rule will be fined, warned Town Municipal Council President P D Ponnappa. He said under Niramala Nagara yojane, use of plastic has been banned for the last three years. However, no one tried …
The Punjab government has decided to ban the use of polythene bags in the state. The government has proposed that Punjab would be made a plastic free state to protect the environment. The government has enacted the Punjab Plastic Carry Bag (Manufacture, Usage and Disposal ), Act, 2005, which was …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests will consider providing subsidies to biodegradable plastic bag manufacturers in light of the ban on plastic bags in Delhi. Speaking to Newsline on Thursday, Jairam Ramesh, Minister for Environment and Forests, reiterated the stand he made in Parliament yesterday
